Three races canceled in one day. Julen amaro: "We just have to recognize the force of nature on man"

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Word to the head of the organizing committee of the "Speed Opening" of Zermatt-Cervinia, with little hope of saving the women's descents. The jet men are preparing for North America, but in the meantime they will have two fewer races on the calendar ...

Saturday 22 October 2022 5 minutes reading time

A black day, with three races canceled within a few hours. From the female giant of Soelden, who will try to recover anyway, to the two male descents of Zermatt-Cervinia canceled in advance, one week after the performance given that the splendid "Gran Becca" should have been inaugurated on the weekend of 29-30 October for a speed opening that will be, at least, only halfway. The humidity made a negative difference, with the wet snow falling in these hours which softened the surface, especially in the final section of the cross-border route between Switzerland and Italy. We really tried everything in the shadow of the Matterhorn, but the snow control of the FIS was only the final cleaver on a decision that hurts a whole territory very badly, even economically. Saving the women's descents of 5-6 November? We will try, moving the snow control to the morning of Tuesday 25 October, but the forecasts are negative at least until the end of the month, with temperatures always very high and the 0 ° temperature just below 4000 meters. It is sufficient to think that, during this week, the same blue (Goggia, the Delago sisters, Pirovano and Curtoni) were able to train on the Plateau Rosa glacier just one day out of the four available. Meanwhile, the men's teams in the speed sector are preparing, from the first week of November, to fly on the North American snows that will host them for training and competitions, hopefully in decent conditions, with the six series tests between Lake Louise and Beaver Creek. With the decision of the FIS not to recover the two skipped runs in Zermatt-Cervinia, the jet men already lose two of the fourteen specialty races scheduled in the 2022/23 cup calendar, obviously taking away important chances from the pure sprinters in an absolute crystal sphere. . “We have worked so hard in recent weeks and months - the bitter comment of Franz Julen, head of the organizing committee of the absolute novelty stage of the maximum circuit - From the logistical and organizational point of view we are ready. On the track our team really gave everything to be able to manage even the lower part, we just have to recognize, as it should be, that nature is still stronger than man ”. The FIS, through the voice of the general secretary Michel Vion, commented on the cancellation of the men's races of Zermatt-Cervinia. "The organizing committee has not only achieved great results these days, but certainly has no responsibility if the races cannot be held - declared the former number 1 of the French federation - The Matterhorn Cervino Speed Opening is a new and unique project of its kind in which we continue to believe. There is the possibility of a weather change, so let's give the organizers time until next Tuesday, when the final decision will be made on the women's competitions on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November ”.

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