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In the first run of the Vars World Ski Championships the eternal Simone Origone, five world titles already under his belt, installed himself in the lead.
Friday 22 March 2019 2 minutes reading time
The 41-year-old Val d’Ayas from Val d'Aosta touched 210,650 km / h, behind him the Austrian Klaus Schrottshammer, second with 208,854 km / h, and the French Simon Billy third with 208,092 km / h. The outgoing world champion, the other French Bastien Montes, is sixth with 206,068 km / h. Still further back, however, Ivan Origone, thirteenth with 203.851 km / h, while the other blue Emilio Giacomelli reached 201.342 km / h, finishing twentieth.
Valentina Greggio, the only Italian in the competition among women, who with 202,134 km / h is third and the handover to the throne of the discipline with Britta Baecklund is getting closer, the Swede has set a speed of 203.966 km / h installing on the first placed in front of compatriot Lisa Hovland-Uden, 203.735 km / h. The winner of the Nicole Schmidhofer alpine skiing cup was amazing, fifth with 199,778 km / h, the speed with which she broke the Austrian record.
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