Crans Montana: Florian Schieder and Dominik Paris honor the all-Swiss podium
Triplet of home athletes in Crans Montana
In Crans Montana, a famous ski resort in the canton of Valais, the Swiss athletes themselves are celebrating, occupying the entire podium in the downhill run on Saturday. Winning è Franjo von Allmen, with a time of 1:56.07, ahead of compatriots Marco Odermatt, second at 13 hundredths, and Alexis Monney, third at 42 hundredths.
Good performance for the Azzurri on the track, with Florian Schieder fifth at 82 hundredths from Von Allmen and Dominik Paris eighth at 1"09. "I lost in the top part becauseé I struggled a bit’ after the mistake in yesterday’s run and I didn’t have much confidence – are Schieder’ s words -. It’ s a bit of a pity becauseé throughout the rest of the track my times are always among the best three. Forò after a season in which results struggled to come, this è a positive race, which gives me motivation for Kvitfjell and the Finals".
"I managed to make speedà in some sections – said Paris instead – in others less. There was so much wind on the track, you can’t tell who got it in front, who behind. It was very difficult to interpret the race. The track doesn’t have any particular difficulties, so you couldn’t make a difference. Definitely the Swiss were better than us and that is why they won. We will see tomorrow if things change”.
As for the other Italians in the race, Mattia Casse è fourteenth at 1"70 from the winner, Christof Innerhofer twenty-sixth at 2"78, Nicolò Molteni thirty-first at 3"20, Benjamin Jacques Alliod thirty-fifth at 3"34, Matteo Franzoso thirty-ninth at 3"57, Giovanni Franzoni forty-seventh at 3"87.
Despite today’s second place, Marco Odermatt has no regrets: in fact, the Swiss champion has strengthened his leadership in the overall standings to 1146 points (a good 400 more than the second, Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen), and he also easily defends the lead in the downhill standings, with 445 points, 73 more than Von Allmen.
In the overall standings, the first of the Azzurri è Mattia Casse, 13th with 337 points. The Piedmontese from Oulx è is also the first of the Italians in the downhill ranking, along with Dominik Paris: the two collected 122 points and are tied twelfth in the specialty ranking.
