Cross Country Skiing - Marcialonga
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With the first races of contour disputatesi today, you & egrave; open the & nbsp; & nbsp 43rd Marcialonga; that culminate & agrave; with 70 Km of tomorrow.
Saturday 30 January 2016 10 minutes reading time
The very first test & egrave; was the & nbsp; Marcialonga Baby & nbsp; for children up to 6 years, staged yesterday. The organizing committee, with President & nbsp; Angelo Corradini & nbsp; and the general manager & nbsp; Gloria Trettel & nbsp; at the forefront, has provided them with the material is a race that & ldquo; play & rdquo ;. The mini-country skiers have a lap on the main street of Predazzo until reaching the common bell. Also very active mascots & nbsp; Fondolo & nbsp; and & nbsp; Skiri, who entertained children, and & ldquo; lane clown & rdquo; Braciacol.
A few hours pi & ugrave; Later in Piazza Italy to & nbsp; Ziano di Fiemme & nbsp; & egrave; held the opening ceremony of & ldquo; & rdquo ;, slipping on the twentieth century socio-cultural initiative that has revived & nbsp; people & nbsp; and & nbsp; sports events & nbsp; from the early & lsquo; 900 today. Were projected images of great historical figures and their ideas that changed the world, the most & ugrave political phases; significant short century as well as, of course, sports competitions that have marked a & rsquo; era. The speakers were the & nbsp; President of Community & agrave; Territorial Giovanni & nbsp; & nbsp Zanon; and the Mayor of Molina & nbsp; Fabio Vanzetta.
This morning instead & egrave; staged the & nbsp; Marcialonga Story, ride 11 Km from Lago di Tesero Predazzo who revived the ancient glories of skiing: the protagonists have indeed worn & nbsp; wooden skis, & nbsp; leather shoes & nbsp; and & nbsp; rackets bamboo & ugrave ;. The participants included the couple & nbsp; Antonella Confortola & nbsp; and the husband & nbsp; Joathan Wyatt, mountain running champion. Antonella & egrave; beaming: & ldquo; This event I & egrave; always liked, I found some clothes of my grandfather (Silvio Confortola, cross-country skier and ski mountaineers blue - ed) dating back to the Olympic Games in Saint Moritz in 1948 and have handed them over to Jonathan & rdquo ;. In turn satisfied Wyatt: & ldquo; Bel memory of what went on events in the past, we should return to dress cos & igrave; Also today! & rdquo ;. Confortola & egrave; was then protagonist of the & nbsp; Minimarcialonga, where he led the way to the race of the most & ugrave; small.
He met the president of the committee & nbsp; Nordic Ski Fiemme, & nbsp; Bruno Felicetti: & ldquo; I am delighted d & rsquo; I joined to this mythical story, did the queen race once and now I can only afford this re-enactment, good to see participate cos & igrave; many enthusiastic people, spending hours in friendship, congratulations to the organizers for holding together this wonderful initiative & rdquo ;. The victory & egrave; go to & nbsp; Andrea Zorzi & nbsp; that preceded the father Claudio: & ldquo; I am very happy, fantastic snow, a great preparation for tomorrow & rdquo ;. Before you reach Predazzo among women & nbsp; Tania Trettel: & ldquo; I thank the companion of my brother who made me and my dad Beagle & agrave; by skiman & rdquo ;. Also the memory of the Marcialonga, & egrave; the case of & nbsp; Giuseppe Gabrielli, who Marcialonghe has done well & nbsp; 24: & ldquo; I have so much fun, always pulled challenge, track & egrave; very beautiful, congratulations to the organization of Marcialonga industry! & rdquo ;, and fans who have enriched the & rsquo; event with real archaeological findings: & ldquo; They & nbsp; skiing are the 1962 & nbsp; & ndash; supporting & nbsp; Enrico Pedretti, 41 Marcialonghe all & rsquo; active & ndash; & nbsp; and these sticks of 1935 come from Livigno, they are some of the most & ugrave; old here today & rdquo ;.
Meanwhile & egrave; all ready for the contest for excellence tomorrow, that will be & agrave; broadcast live by RaiSport1 starting from 7.45. These are the words of & nbsp; Anders Aukland, one of the favorites: & ldquo; Marcialonga & egrave; the race that has best been able to develop the double poling, & egrave; the challenge that aspect to a season. Tomorrow sar & agrave; a very tough race, Petter Eliassen & egrave; in great shape, l & rsquo; man to beat, but we have a well-equipped team and we can and we want to fight for the leadership of the race & rdquo ;. Concorde's brother & nbsp; J ø rgen: & ldquo; The competitive level of Marcialonga rises from year to year more and more & ugrave ;, in one of my first victories I was practically alone in being trained on double poling, but now more and ugrave; 30 athletes are prepared as I was. Many come from the World Cup as Tord Asle (Gjerdalen, ed) and Petter Eliassen. This & egrave; the pi & ugrave race; Fast, a special race. Our sport & egrave; constantly evolving and in our country the competitive level & egrave; very high & rdquo ;.
Gjerdalen & nbsp; & egrave; ready to put at stake the title won l & rsquo; last year: & ldquo; I hope I can do it again beating Eliassen uphill! L & rsquo; Italy & egrave; great and Val di Fiemme the best, the ultimate in resort & agrave; Waterfall & egrave; Crazy, having produced 70 km of artificial snow like this & egrave; It was great. Everyone will have & agrave; the tactic same, preserving the energy to go fast all & rsquo; last climb & rdquo ;. Finally, here is what was stated by & nbsp; Eliassen, considered by many to be the & rsquo; man to beat: & ldquo; This is my second Marcialonga. The Aukland always want to win, they will not be & agrave; easy but I hope to compete throughout the course of the race, without incident. They are much improved, about dell & rsquo; training on technique. Team Santander prover & agrave; to maintain all of its elements to the front of the race, we must try not to let us memorize options happen. Marcialonga & egrave; special, a great job by the organizers to have all 70 km despite the & rsquo; no rain. & Egrave; great to see all this excitement around it, I have just been to test the path, an acclaimed track throughout Norway & rdquo ;.
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