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In La Parva the conclusion of the South American Cup stage, while in New Zealand it is the Swiss and the Slovak who conquer today's FIS giants.
Friday 2 September 2022 4 minutes reading time
Last SAC races on the Chilean snows of La Parva, with the combined that closed the program of the South American circuit that will restart in mid-September from Cerro Castor, where we will probably see many World Cup athletes training in the area at the start. Argentine.
Yesterday came the first success, after many podiums, for Henrik Von Appen who was a prophet at home, winning first place in a combined that, after the descent, saw the big French and German, from Clarey to Bailet up to Baumann and Jocher, give up the slalom. Compared to his direct rivals, the Chilean nevertheless gained a large margin in the speed test, defending himself between the narrow poles to win with a 1 ”67 margin against the Argentine Tiziano Gravier, with the British Samuel Todd-Saunders 3rd to 2 ”91, in front of the other Chilean Figueroa, this time off the podium.
Tenth place for the only Italian in the race, Carlo Giulio Arduino.
The women's combined saw only three athletes qualify (after the descent three sprinters as well as Fleckenstein, Mangan and Muzaferija gave up the slalom), with Lara Colturi winning her sixth victory in the South American Cup, of which she commands the general classification, with over 2 and a half seconds ahead of the usual Francesca Baruzzi Farriol, while the Chilean Matilde Pinilla finished over 18 ”.
Today at Coronet Peak two other FIS giants went on stage, with the young winners as the first beautiful victory at these levels of the 2002 class arrived Teo Zampa, the "smallest" of the Slovak brothers, who beat the two New Zealanders Willis Feasey and Jack Adams, respectively 15 and 17 cents. Excellent performance by two young blues, with Denis Villgratter 6th and Vittorio De Pieri 8th, while the winner of Thursday's race, Ian Gut, went out during the first heat.
Among the women, the Swiss Elena Stoffel rejoices, who preceded her compatriot Lara Baumann with an advantage of 79 cents, with the Australian Lily Tomkinson third at 2 ”70. On Saturday two more races on the New Zealand snow, with slalom valid for the national championships.
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