National team time for many aces: Hrovat and Hadalin dominate in Slovenia, Wechner surprises the big names in the Austrian supe

The results of the first real day of racing throughout Europe: French downhill title for Esther Paslier, Weber is the new champion in Switzerland and Zrinka Ljutic and Filip Zubcic are exalted in the Croatian giants.

Wednesday 24 March 2021 5 minutes reading time

Not only Livigno and Valtellina with its week of the Absolute Italian Championships that will end in the weekend with the fast races (and the combined alpine) in Santa Caterina Valfurva, but from today various national reviews around for Europe. Like the Swiss one in Zinal, with Ralph Weber winning his first red-cross title at an absolute level, winning the descent by just one cent over Yannick Chabloz, who lost more than half a second from his teammate in the final stretch, while Niels Hintermann was satisfied with the bronze (36 cents from the winner). The women's combined alpine team instead rewarded the very young (born in 2002) Delia Durrer, who burned Rahel Kopp for 5 cents, with the reigning champion Katja Grossmann only fifth, 37 cents from the gold medal after finishing in the lead. fast test, preceded also by Janine Schmitt (bronze, only 11 cents from Durrer) and Melanie Michel, fourth. In France, female descent time to open the national championships on the snows of Chatel: Esther Paslier triumphed, one of the young transalpine girls on the launch pad, who clearly regulated (over 6 tenths of advantage) Tifany Roux and Laura Gauche. Girls engaged in Austria with the opening super-g in Glungezer: a partial surprise arrived, with the fresh junior world champion, Lena Wechner, who beat two already excellent athletes in CdM like Ariane Raedler, second to + 0 ”25, and Christine Scheyer bronze with 33 cents of lead. At the level of the FIS race, 12th place for Nadia Delago who did a good training towards the Absolutes of Santa Caterina in which she will take part. In Kranjska Gora here are the giants of the Slovenian championships: among the women there was a great challenge among all the big names in the movement, but there was no story with Meta Hrovat, fresh from a new podium in CdM at the finals in Lenzerheide, winner with 1 ”26 of margin on Ana Bucik and 2 seconds on Neja Dvornik, who preceded Ilka Stuhec and Andreja Slokar. Everything easy for Stefan Hadalin in the men's race without Zan Kranjec, with Miha Hrobat silver at over 3 seconds and Anze Gartner bronze at 4 ", while the young Austrians Joshua Sturm and Lukas Feurstein (world champion jr in Bansko in front of Franzoni) concluded respectively in 2nd and 3rd place the FIS giant, behind Hadalin, who also saw the young blue Tommaso Nardi participate, good eighth. Finally, the appointment in Zagreb for the opening of the national teams in Croatia: the male giant awarded the very favorite Filip Zubcic, gold with 96 cents ahead of Istok Rodes and with Samuel Kolega of bronze, while the very young Zrinka Ljutic was gave her first title among the seniors, recovering in the second heat Leona Popovic, to beat her by only 3 cents.

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