Alpine Skiing

Slden -8 - The competitions of 1993, 1996 and 1998

We begin the countdown to the opening of the giant World Cup S & ouml; SÃ¶lden, during this countdown we will relive all the races were sailed on the Rettenbach. Today we start with the first three editions, when the resort & agrave; Austria was not yet a fixture on the calendar.

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Saturday, October 30, 1993 - Interestingly, in the first year in which it takes place in & Ã–land; tztal Tyrolean down the track before the men and then the women, exactly the opposite of what is happening today. L & rsquo; Italian Alberto Tomba but hopefully again in the Bologna, third after the first run, mounts in half & agrave; the second: in giant did not go out of the race in January 1992, when he lost a ski when he was dominating in Adelboden. Victory goes to Franck Piccard, whose best result among the wide doors had been third place in Mount Hutt, New Zealand, in 1990, French is imposed by 12 cents over the Swede Fredrik Nyberg, seventh after the first run, and Norwegian Kjetil Andre Aamodt on 24, sixth in half & agrave; race, while the Cup holders Marc Girardelli & egrave; quarter only 2 cents from the podium. The best Blues & egrave; Matteo Belfrond, that with the seventh place achieved his best result in giant until then, go to points Ivan Bormolini thirteenth, sixteenth Weighing Luca, Roberto Spampatti twenty-third and twenty-third Massimo Zucchelli. Sunday, October 31, 1993 - The girls led by blue Piermario Calcamuggi concluded the season on the previous year and it seems that the second victory in giant slalom at the World Cup after the now distant Claudia Giordani in Les Gets in 1994 may finally arrive. Instead & egrave; l & rsquo; Austrian Anita Wachter, the defending Cup general, to triumph by seizing his fourth Cup victory in giant killing literally opponents: the second and third are the French Sophie Lefranc, the best result in his career, and Carole Merle but their detachments They are sewn clock & ugrave & rdquo ;: 2; 63 and 2 & rdquo; 94. The best of the blue, Sabina Panzanini, & egrave; excellent fifth just behind the Swiss Vreni Schneider and Deborah Compagnoni leaves the track at s & rsquo; middle of the first round when he was pi & ugrave; or less on the same line as the winner. Far behind the other: twenty morena gallizio, Lara Magoni twenty-second, twenty-fifth Marcella Blond. Saturday, October 26, 1996 - As three years before & egrave; the defending Cup absolute, in this case the German Katja Seizinger in establishing itself, and does so for the fourth (and last) time in his career in the giant, but & egrave; Deborah Compagnoni to throw to the winds the success with two fatal mistakes on the central wall of the second heat after closing the first lead for 14 cents on the finish line prosecution Katja from which a detachment of 12 cents. The weather conditions were very difficult, snow and fog have raged reaping illustrious victims, including Pernilla Wiberg and Sabina Panzanini in the first heat, Anita Wachter and Sonja Nef in the second half, plus arrears of three quarters d & rsquo; now. Third, but with a gap of 2 & rdquo; 03 compared to compatriot, you & egrave; placed the & rsquo; other German Hilde Gerg. No & rsquo; & egrave other blue; He arrived at the finish in what, aside from the podium to Deborah, will & agrave; one of the races more & ugrave; negative of a memorable season, the best ever in our women's skiing. Sunday, October 27, 1996 - Beautiful day with bright sunshine, just the opposite of the day before. Alberto Tomba there & rsquo; & egrave ;: five days before the race & egrave; He fell to Passo del Tonale by getting a severe contusion to his left knee and a sprained right wrist, but already & agrave; He had earlier decided to snub the & rsquo; opening the Rettenbach. It & rsquo; brace Swiss Steve Locher that is imposed for the second and last time in his career giant with 31 cents on compatriot Michael Von Gr & uuml; NiGen, the ruler of wide doors, and a split second of Kjetil Andre Aamodt and l & rsquo; another Norwegian Lasse Kjus , which was provisionally on the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium in half & agrave; race, & egrave; finished off in the second round. The best Blues & egrave; the young Matteo Nana, who set the best lap in the second race going from twenty-fourth to twelfth place. At the finish the other three blue: Patrick Holzer thirteenth, sixteenth Gerhard K & ouml; nigsrainer, twenty-fourth Alessandro Fattori. Saturday, October 24, 1998 - In recent years S & ouml; SÃ¶lden alternates with Tignes in & rsquo; s organization & rsquo; opening of the World Cup, will compete on the Austrian glacier in even years and in France in odd years. Like two years ago the women's race & egrave; hampered by fog and to win & egrave; Norway's Andrine Flemmen, his first success in the World Cup, which precedes the & rsquo; Austrian Alexandra Meissnitzer of 26 cents. On the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium c & rsquo; & egrave; Deborah Compagnoni, the second in mid & agrave; race but then quite in trouble & agrave; because of the little training done during a & rsquo; summer when & egrave; He has been plagued by back pain. But in the summer & egrave; fared worse at defending the Cup Katja Seizinger, who won on the Rettenbach two years earlier, infortunatasi seriously in both knees: the German will not return & agrave; never again & ugrave; to compete and 23 April 1999 will announce & agrave; withdrawal from & rsquo; activity & agrave ;. Other blue finishers: Sonia Vierin eleventh, the twenty-fourth a tie Patrizia Bassis and Karen Putzer. Sunday, October 25, 1998 - Everyone is waiting for the one who reported the men's overall World Cup in Austria after 28 years, Hermann Maier. And he, after several postponements of the race because of the snowstorm (first race at 12, according to 15) does not disappoint destroying all opponents and winning the twelfth Cup victory, the fourth in giant slalom. Behind him there are three of his teammates, Stephan Eberharter, according to 1 & rdquo; 60, Heinz Schilchegger, third in 2 & rdquo; 34 and Christian Mayer, fourth in 2 & rdquo; 39, the first of the rest of the world & egrave; Michael Von Gr & uuml; NiGen, Swiss & egrave; fifth in 2 & rdquo; 54. L & rsquo; Italy lost Alberto Tomba, who 22 days before this race has announced his retirement from & rsquo; & agrave activities; a more competitive & ugrave; six months after the victory in his last race, the slalom in Crans-Montana. Only two Italians arrive at the finish line: Giorgio Rocca, who in the second race back from the twentieth to fourteenth place with bib number 60, and Patrick Holzer, instead dropped from fifth to sixteenth place.

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