Speed Skiingworld championships
TIM ARNOLD
The Verbanese champion wins the third world title on the snow of Vars, clearly beating Martinez and Backlund. The third and disappointed Valle d'Aosta, the gold goes to the French Billy.
Sunday 30 January 2022 4 minutes reading time
Valentina Greggio returns to the top of the world in women's speed skiing. After the world titles won in 2015 and 2017, the blue star won the third gold at the world championships, triumphing with a masterful test on the snows of Vars.
Today, in the two laps of the semifinal and then in the final, the Verbanese reached 201.29 km / h, against 193.85 km / h of the French Clea Martinez and 193.26 km / h of the Swedish Britta Backlund. An absolute domination for Valentina, who has shown since the qualifying laps to have superior materials and quality compared to the competition; there is a number above all that expresses her superiority, that is the signature speed that would have allowed her to close the men's competition in sixth place. "Opening the season with a World Cup and winning it is always a satisfaction - he said after the Greggio company to Physi.org - We were not able to prepare well because in Italy there is little snow and therefore we presented ourselves with great unknowns at the start. It is significant to have obtained this medal, on this same track three years ago my technical problems began, I had fought to finish third. I hope to restart in this way is a good omen for the rest of the World Cup ”.
Italian medal also in the men's final, with Simone Origone highly anticipated to seek the seventh world title. The great Aosta Valley champion did not make it, but he still got a bronze, for the eighth podium at world level, with the speed of 206.36 km / h which was not enough to overcome the great rival, the transalpine Simon Billy who triumphed with 208.32 km / h, ahead of the Austrian Manuel Kramer, who stopped at 206.90 km / h. A medal that arrives 17 years after the first Cervinia laurel in 2005, even if the Aosta Valley aspired to something more valuable, after having dominated the runs staged on Saturday.
His brother Ivan was also placed in the top ten, while Jean Daniel Pession had stopped in the first phase. "I do not hide a certain disappointment because the gold was within my reach and I honestly thought I would finish in the first two positions - said Simone - Unfortunately on the final day I didn't get it right, I got the wrong wax and in the final run I even took a stone that ruined my ski. If I look at the glass half full, the bronze was the only medal I was missing, after all these years of activity it is still an important recognition ".
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