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At midnight today the voting for the Athlete of the 2017 FISI Year ends.
Monday 2 October 2017 4 minutes reading time
As of September 20, only five of the twelve were initially in the race. The five are Federica Brignone (Alpine Skiing), Peter Fill (Alpine Skiing), Sofia Goggia (Alpine Skiing), Valentina Greggio (Speed ​​Skiing) and Damiano Lenzi (Ski Mountaineering). You can vote for one of these five at the email address, atletafisi@fisi.org.
The successor to Federico Pelegrino, winner last year, will be rewarded on Sunday, October 29 during the Blue Festival in ModenaFiere's winter sports show Skipass. Here are the cards of the five finalists drawn up by the press office of the Italian Winter Sports Federation.
FEDERICA BRIGNONE: Three season victories consecrate him definitively among the tops of the Alpine Ski World Cup women's circuit, as a giant specialist has become a multi-valued one. Winner between the wide gates at Plan Corones and Aspen and the combined alpine Crans Montana climbed six times on the podium and finished fifth in the overall rankings.
PETER FILL: For the second year in a row of the Men's World Cup triumph, he has confirmed the historic title of the previous year with the continuity of performance. He climbed six times on the podium, taking the satisfaction of climbing the highest pitch of the podium in the super giant of Kvitfjell. He finished the season sixth in the overall standings, his best place ever.
SOFIA GOGGIA: The rising star of the Alpine Skiing Circuit has collected the first two World Cup wins on the PyeongChang track and a total number of podiums (13) that no other Italian skier has been able to do in a single season, thanks to which he finished third in the overall standings, second in the downhill and third in giant, with the gem of the bronze medal in the giants of the World Cups in St. Moritz.
VALENTINA GREGGIO: Queen of speed ski, proved to be unavailable for the competition by winning the third consecutive World Cup with six net triumphs in six trials and the World Cups, where he won gold at the Swedish resort of Idre.
DAMIANO LENZI: Absolute protagonist in the Alpago-Piancavallo World Championships with gold in the individual and in the Team race, silver in the Vertical race and in the relay, to which four prizes are added to the World Cup winners of the victories in the vertical race in Val d'Aran and in Prato Nevoso, which was third in the overall standings behind teammates Robert Antonioli and Michele Boscacci.
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