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It reads India but in reality much c''è Switzerland behind the Indian national team that is ready to face starting from next week the World Championships in St. Moritz.
Wednesday 1 February 2017 8 minutes reading time
The Asian team like all other national with little tradition in the world of skiing, is helped during major events (World Cup and Olympics) by the International Federation (FIS ed) who entrusted him with an entourage of technicians and coaches usually selected near the host location.
Quest''anno Indian national was taking charge dall''Engadin Spirit of Sankt Moritz led by technical director Ermanno Gorlier that since last autumn is taking care of the smallest detail the preparation of Aanchal Thakur.
The twenty-year old native of virtually the dell''Himalaya feet will northeastern part dell''India probably the 'top athlete of the Indian contingent being women skiers for more time he could train in Europe. The other three boys enrolled all''appuntamento champion, Varsha Devi, Himanshu Thakur and Hira Lal, in fact they have only collected a few months of preparation in September in France before returning to their country of 'origin and arrive directly at the World Championships dall''India after taking part in the national championships.
"The Indian reality of skiing is quite complex - explained to Neveitalia Ermanno Gorlier - the Indian Olympic Committee ensures risicatissimo budget to its Federsci, to the point that the FIS and the Organising Committee of the World Championships in St. Moritz all''atleta provide food, lodging and ski pass to conduct training. for this reason we have been entrusted un''unica athlete to which we as a team Engandin Spirit try to give the maximum support to ensure both un''adeguata preparation for dell''evento champion. "
Contrary to what one might expect the technical level of skiing Indian team is not as low as you could imagine seeing the sporadic appearances of representatives from African or Asian countries in past events, "Forget videos Never say goal with protagonists Moroccan athletes - added Gorlier our microphones - Aanchal is not a champion but is not even a novice skier. its technical level is to un''atleta mediocre, but we must not forget that it comes from a country that albeit huge and where there are mountains, which in addition to not have a great skiing tradition does not have a real training center. "our" girl for example, before coming to Europe was training on a long runway just 350 meters off guard of any ski lift! "
In addition to training Engadin Spirit is also involved in the preparation of materials, quest''ultimo aspect totally ignored by the Indians skiers, "Our structure is giving a big hand to the Indian team to try to" educate "the athletes to the waxing and maintenance of ski. the guys not being professionals has only one pair or two pairs of skis often used, but are not able to find waxes and resins fundamental to address the races. at the same time also the race suits are not of recent manufacture and together with our partners Vitaliani we are trying to find a new outfit for the team. "
A major challenge, therefore, for the Swiss team who had previously collaborated with other national second-tier, such as Brazil, Argentina and Russia, but never quite like this has been confronted with a team of such a low level. Un''esperienza but is giving great satisfaction to the point that Engadin Spirit would like to continue this partnership for un''ulteriore season and prepare Indian athletes for the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeonchang.
"Our business relies on the collaboration of coaches, physiotherapists and technical preparatory able to be able to follow in detail the preparation of a national with little ski traditions - added Damiano Bregonzio chief communications officer of Engadin Spirit - clear that to conduct projects this type is necessary to receive the support of numerous sponsors and how they are doing Decolan Greenlam that are giving us a big contribution. we strongly believe in our project and we enjoy excellent international reputation to the point that the RSI (Swiss Italian national television ed) became interested to our initiative creating an interesting documentary. "
The two Indian girls will be making their world championship debut on Monday, February 13, during the giant qualifier, while the two boys take part in the qualification race in the day Thursday, February 16. The athletes themselves will be protagonists of the two qualifying slalom to be held on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th February.
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