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On the weekend of the return of the World Cup, the candidacy was presented to return to host the world championship 32 years after those days that saw Deborah Compagnoni become the queen of the Colle. And President Roda is very confident ...
Monday 20 January 2020 4 minutes reading time
She passed away from the World Cup for four years, but finding her is as if ... she never left her.
The weekend of women's races in Sestriere was a success, in terms of audience (over 20 thousand spectators on Saturday for the giant, not much less on Sunday), organization and quality of the slopes, not to mention the enthusiasm aroused by the blue on the track.
And then, the candidacy presented, just Saturday afternoon after Federica Brignone's triumph, to host the 2029 Alpine Skiing World Championships at Colle, thirty-two years after the world championship which saw Deborah Compagnoni take the whole scene on “ Kandahar GA Agnelli "(not to mention Kostner, Tomba, Ghedina, Magoni ...).
The mayor of Sestriere, Gianni Poncet, has strongly relaunched a historic location for Italian sport in general, so as to also host the decisive stage of the Giro d'Italia 2020, the one that will arrive in Vialattea on May 30th: "Sestriere is a real snow industry, capable of generating fun and employment with repercussions on the whole of Piedmont - the words of the first citizen - In view of the 2029 World Cup, we are strong with the support of the Piedmont Region, which has long been investing in improving the '' tourist offer guaranteeing feedback on every front. The summer promotion with Sestriere, which will await the arrival of the stage of the pink race for the eighth time, also falls under the same profile ".
And the FISI number 1, Flavio Roda, said he was confident for the Italian candidacy: “There is our utmost support for having a World Cup that will allow our nation to maintain a leading role in terms of winter sports events , after Cortina 2021 and the Games of Milan-Cortina 2026 - said the president of the federation - Hosting an appointment of this magnitude would have a significant impact in terms of economic and media interest, after the 2006 Olympics which met with great success and are still alive in the memories of fans.
It will only be a matter of agreeing in the best way the most suitable year of assignment together with the other nations, on the basis of the shift that exists within the International Federation for major events ".
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