Speed Skiingworld cup 2021/22
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Double blue triumph in the penultimate round of speed skiing, with the Verbanese (still unbeaten) who conquers the crystal ball. The Aosta Valley champion leaps to the top of the overall, on Saturday the final challenge with the Frenchman Billy.
Friday 1 April 2022 4 minutes reading time
Valentina Greggio maintains the unbeaten run and writes history in Grandvalira conquering, with the eighth pearl of the season between the World Cup and the World Cup, the fifth crystal ball of her career, after those in series of 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
In the second of the three races on Andorran snow, the thirty-one year old from Ossola was enough to have fourth place to toast, but Greggio was not satisfied with the success number 40 of her career, at a speed of 154.00 km / h, with which she preceded the Swede Britta Backlund went no more than 153.42 km / h, while the French Clea Martinez finished third with 149.69 km / h.
Everything was decided on Thursday, in reality, when the athletes made a further “reserve” lap at the end of race-1, which would have been valid as the day's ranking if they had not competed today. And so it happened due to the wind and the decided lowering of temperatures: Greggio thus rises to 700 points in the general classification and becomes unattainable in front of the same Backlund with 530 points, while Clea Martinez is third with 425 points. “After two seasons in which I had lost a bit of the thread, I had already found it at the end of last year - Valentina tells Physi.org - After the World Cup I started well and I am convinced of my means.
When they canceled the Vars races, the road started uphill again because it was a track I liked, and I knew Backlund on the north slopes would grow, however I didn't get distracted and I was able to stay ahead of it. Here in Andorra it was just a matter of controlling the situation even if I arrived on the basis of the flu that still left some signs on me. Today's weather forecasts did not leave much hope to compete and so it was ”.
With the same criterion the men's competition was carried out which gave Italy as much good news. Simone Origone managed with a master stroke to overturn the situation which, on the eve of the second race, even saw him in third place in the general. The 42-year-old champion from Valle d'Aosta pulled out the triumph number 53 (which is worth the podium number 106) with 156.88 km / h ahead of the Austrian Klaus Schrottshammer (156.66 km / h) and the French Simon Billy (156 , 58 km / h).
Fourth was his brother Ivan Origone, winner of race-1 yesterday, with 156.51 km / h. On the eve of the decisive competition on Saturday 2 April, Origone returns as leader with 532 points ahead of Billy with 520 and Montes with 481.
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