Skiroll: Italy starts well in Otepaa, double podium with Tanel and Ghiddi in the Sprint races

The second stage of the World Cup, scheduled until Sunday in the Estonian town, sees the holder of the trophy second only to the Latvian Vigants.

Friday 19 August 2022 6 minutes reading time

Two podiums for the Italian roller ski team, in the Otepaa Sprint races that kicked off this morning at the second stage of the World Cup, scheduled in the Estonian town almost two months after the start in Norway. At the senior level, Matteo Tanel's second place is excellent, given that the two winners of the general classification and holder of the crystal ball surrendered only to the superiority of a great specialist like the Latvian Raimo Vigants; in third place the Norwegian Amund Korsaeth, fourth the landlord Martin Himma. For Tanel this is the first podium of the season and the first podium in career distance. In the Azzurri home, Tommaso Dellagiacoma was eliminated in the semifinal (best time in qualifying), Riccardo Lorenzo Masiero and Emanuele Becchis had sold in the quarterfinals, Michael Galassi out in qualifying. In the men's junior category, fourth place for Gabriele Rigaudo: the Cuneo rider fought bravely in a final that saw him as an underdog against the competition. On the top step of the podium Anton Grahn ahead of Jonatan Lindberg and Estonian Rainers Paeglis. Out in the semifinals Riccardo Munari, as well as in the quarterfinals Aksel Artusi (surprisingly after the third time in the qualifiers) and Giovanni Lorenzetti, while Marco Gaudenzio had not passed the cut in the qualifiers. The women's senior final recorded the dominance of the Swedish Linn Soemskar (already unattainable at the Blinkfestivalen), ahead of the Estonian Mariel Merlii Pulles and Johanna Udras, fourth position for the Latvian Kitija Auzina. Only one Italian present, Elisa Sordello, who passed the hurdle of the quarterfinals but stopped in the semifinals. In the junior category, good third place for Anna Maria Ghiddi, who finished the big final behind the Latvian winner Samanta Krampe, who placed herself in front of the Kazakh Mariya Gerachshenko. This is the second podium of the season for the young Emilian from Pavullo, after the third place in the Norwegian 7.5 km of Telemark in June. Sabrina Borettaz was eliminated in the semifinals, while Laura Mortagna stopped in the quarterfinals. The program of the Otepaa stage will continue on Saturday 20 August with the dispute of the men's 30 km and the women's 15 km, both mass starts, and the grand final on Sunday with the women's 10 km and the men's 15 km in classic technique. PELLEGRINO & CO. IN ROVERETO The tests of the blue teams of the Nordic disciplines continue, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, jumping, Nordic combined and ski mountaineering, at the CeRism facilities in Rovereto, as part of the "Rovereto-Beijing 2022" project involving the Municipality of Rovereto, the Italian Winter Sports Federation, the University with CeRiSM, Trentino Sviluppo and the Province of Trento. Today it is the turn of a trio of cross-country skiing, composed of Federico Pellegrino, Francesco De Fabiani and Davide Graz, also engaged on this occasion in the tests scheduled by the technical staff for the collection of information and data relating to the preparation for the next season. competitive. The members of the Nordic combined team are also present in the Trentino facility.

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