Alpine Skiing
Guest of the well-known Sky Uno show, the Bolognese champion has retraced the peculiarities of his career and how he lived (and lives) his popularity
Friday 24 May 2019 4 minutes reading time
A river in flood, spontaneous as always.
Alberto Tomba, once again, has ignited the enthusiasm of the public that for many years has loved him, despite having stopped competing for 21 years, for his participation in the TV show "And then there's Cattelan".
The three-time Olympic gold explained his excellent physical shape trusting that "I swim and run a lot in the summer, practically I am at the top in the opposite period compared to when I was racing".
And if as a young man he was seen as the extraterrestrial arriving from the plain, Albertone soon made space not only with his class and power on the track: “They were all silent, I was extrovert and cheerful. I went to bed after 11pm and ate everything, the others at 9.30pm after the soup ... I also had experience in those aspects and the relationships with the South Tyrolean boys and also the foreigners were then excellent, so much so that we find ourselves at dinner after so many years ".
A special dinner, the Bolognese ace also experienced it with a certain Michael Jordan: "It is true, I met him in America playing golf - confirms Alberto on Cattelan's cue - Then I received his call to find us in Portofino with a friend â€.
The period of maximum popularity? After the gold brace of Calgary ''88 and the Albertville Games' '92: "The third Olympic gold led to delirium, privacy was now zeroed and I had to defend myself from the paparazzi. It was not easy to manage this ". And then the passion for wine. "Maybe I drank more before than now, when I couldn't care - Tomba smiles, starting the tasting with Alessandro Cattelan (pictured) to guess where it came from - The problem is not drinking, but drinking ...".
Fifty times (plus one ...) winner in the World Cup, but Alberto Tomba had no problem taking on hundreds of miles by car to go to the races: “I was driving, and how, with fog or snow while my mom was worried at home . And once I arrived at the 3200 meters of the shelter at the Stelvio to train, getting straight out of the Bermuda car as it was hot in Bologna ... ".
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