Nordic SkiingItalian championships
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In Predazzo, the absolute Italian championships were staged thanks to the organizational direction of the Dolomite Sports Union.
Sunday 20 October 2019 5 minutes reading time
And the tricolor of jumping and Nordic combined rewarded Giovanni Bresadola for the first time, marking the return of Samuel Costa and the confirmations of Elena Runggaldier and Veronica Gianmoena.
The surprise of the day was represented by the eighteen-year-old junior Giovanni Bresadola, brother of Davide who retired last season and who on the trampoline HS104 of the center of the Stalimen jump has been tricolor medals several times around the neck. And for the young GS Monte Giner standard bearer that Saturday will be a day that will not easily forget as he took the luxury of winning the gold medal, ahead of all the athletes of military sports groups, after a summer that was still rich of international satisfaction. It was over thirty years that a civilian did not win a senior title in the jump and combined. With 257 points, the solandro preceded by 4 points the Bulgarian Vladimir Zografski (out of the standings for the Italian title), then the silver went to the neck of Federico Cecon of the Yellow Flames with 249.5 points, then bronze for Alex Insam of the Flames Gold with 244 points. Excellent fourth place overall for the combinator Samuel Costa, ahead of Francesco Cecon, Daniel Moroder and Daniele Varesco.
In the women's field, always from the HS104 springboard, a peremptory victory thanks to an excellent second jump for Elena Runggaldier of the Fiamme Oro, which totaled 221.5 points. Honorable square for Manuela Malsiner of the Yellow Flames, in front of her sister Lara (214 and 213 the respective scores). Great fourth place for the young Fiemme Sitaff, in front of Veronica Gianmoena. Eighth Martina Ambrosi.
In the Nordic combined the victory of the Gardena Samuel Costa (Fiamme Oro) was clear, built already after the special jump test, where he had separated his rivals by a wide margin. In the challenge on the roller skis in the sports field area, the South Tyrolean policeman showed he has an excellent pace also in this discipline, closing the 10 km of the track with the time of 21''30 ", detaching Alessandro Pittin of the Yellow Flames by 12 seconds, then in third position Aaron Kostner of the Fiamme Oro at 1''41 "of posting, then Manuel Maierhofer, Raffaele Buzzi, Lukas Runggaldier and the young Stefano Radovan.
The challenge of twelve months ago was repeated in the women's Nordic combined, when the first absolute Italian title in history was awarded. The protagonists are two companions of the ski club Lavazè di Varena, that is Veronica Gianmoena and Annika Sieff, with this last one that came close to the comeback in the 5 km chase on roller skis. On the finishing line Veronica Gianmoena finished with a time of 19''44 ", celebrating the second consecutive Italian title, but with only 3 seconds ahead of Sieff. The bronze went to the neck of Daniela Dejori del Gardena, with a delay of 59 seconds, then the two Friulians Greta Pinzanai and Martina Zanitzer.
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