Grass Skiingthe blue champion
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The champion of blue grass skiing 2nd in the general and winner of the super-g and giant World Cups. The latest races in the world championship of Stitna Nad Vlari, from 7 to 11 September.
Tuesday 31 August 2021 4 minutes reading time
With the cancellation of the Dizin finals, the Grass Ski World Cup officially closed last weekend with the Tambre competitions, which awarded the Austrian Hannes Angerer and the Slovak Nikola Fricova in the general rankings. . Although the Italy led by Fausto Cerentin this year failed to reach the maximum target, with Edoardo Frau second in the men's ranking and Margherita Mazzoncini and Ambra Gasperi fifth ex aequo among women, the national team nevertheless played a leading role, with nineteen podiums overall (of which eleven successes) and a series of successes in the specialty rankings, with the same Frau winner of the super-g and giant cups, Zamboni second in slalom and Mazzoncini queen of the super-g, I earned the place of honor in the ranking by nations behind the Czech Republic.
With the three races in the Belluno area, the world of grass skiing has paid tribute to the immense career of Edoardo Frau: the 41 year old champion of Venetian origin, who lives in the Aosta Valley, has closed an inimitable path in CdM winning the final giant, a triumph that allows him to set the overall triumphs at 53, with the athlete of the Army Sports Center of Law in the history of the discipline with six successes in the final ranking (2009, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019), at least ten specialty titles and eighteen world championships, four of which gold.
A balance that can be further improved in the World Championships of Stitna Nad Vlari, scheduled from 7 to 11 September in the town of the Czech Republic. "Concluding the season and one's career with a victory is priceless - commented Frau - I wanted to a lot to win the giant and despite being late in the first heat, I pulled my nails out, churning out a great performance that also earned me the victory in the specialty cup. It was a season that did not start very well, but ended in crescendo, there is the regret of not having won the general but my direct opponent Angerer was more consistent and he deserved it. The season is not over, there is still the World Cup and some medals I'd like to take home ... ”.
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