Livigno, the 1K Shot awards Federico Pellegrino and Greta Laurent

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The valdostana couple imposes itself in the two tests of the 1KShot, an aperitif kermesse that preceded the traditional Palio delle Contrade on the snow ribbon in the center of Livigno.

Saturday 25 August 2018 4 minutes reading time

As in the previous two editions, Federico Pellegrino won the men's trial on the one kilometer track on preserved snow drawn in the historic center. Forfait of the Russian Sergei Ustiugov, appeased by a stretch. First phase dedicated to qualifying, sprint race, staggered start. In addition to Pellegrino, seeded, access to the decisive stage is the blue Maicol Rastelli and the British James Clugnet and Andrew Musgrave. The Russians Gleb Retivykh and Andrei Krasnov, the Slovenian Janez Lampic, the Englishman Andrew Young and the Italians Dietmar Noeckler, Mirco Bertolina and Mattia Armellini left the scene. Double Italian-British contention in the semifinals. The blue champion imposes himself in the two-time challenge against the clock, starting at a distance of 1 'from the other on the British Andrew Musgrave, third time in qualifying, closing with 1'09 "535, against 1'16 "832 of English. In the second semifinal is the Englishman James Clugnet, second in qualifying, to have the best against the Italian Maicol Rastelli, the best time. 1'12 "349 Clugnet's time against the 1'12" 853 of the blue, beaten by a whisker. In the finalina Rastelli (1'13 "443) the check on Musgrave (1'16" 868). In the final part first Clugnet that closes in 1'15 "324, Pellegrino shows off all his style and his class and closes in 1'11" 031. Shortly before, to win the women's test was Greta Laurent, Pellegrino's girlfriend, able to beat Elisa Brocard in the final. 1'25 "989 the time of the first classified, 1'26" 161 that of the second. In the final for the third step of the podium is Ilaria Debertolis (exit defeated by the challenge with Laurent in the semifinals) to check it, closing in the 1'28 "824 against the 1'30" 185 of the financier Lucia Scardoni, beaten in the semifinals by Elisa Brocard . The Slovenian Anamarija Lampic, the Russian Yulia Belorukova and Natalia Matveeva and the home favorite, Marianna Longa, have long passed the qualifications, having long been the protagonist at the highest levels, who, after seven years, has once again set up the narrow skis and savored the taste of the competition. at stake also in the Palio delle Contrade, placing third overall among women with a time of 1'43 "530, like many of the livignaschi.

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