Italy for the World Cup slaloms in Gurgl

Following the World Cup slaloms in Levi, Finland, a monstrous trip for the slalom specialists and female slalom specialists, who will run two races between the narrow gates in Gurgl, in the Austrian Tyrol, over the weekend.

Exceptionally than usual, it will be the men who will open the program on Saturday 22. For Italy, Alex Vinatzer, Tommaso Sala, Tobias Kastlunger, Matteo Canins and Simon Maurberger, the latter making his season debut, will take to the track.

among the women, Sunday 23, the same as Levi will be at the starting gate: Giorgia Collomb, Lara Della Mea, Emilia Mondinelli, Beatrice Sola Alice Pazzaglia, Giulia Valleriani and Annette Belfrond.

Gurgl is a hamlet in the municipality of Soelden, well known to fans for being the fixed opening venue of the Alpine Ski World Cup. The men have been competing there since 2023, the women since last year.

In Levi, Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won among the women, with Lara Colturi, who is defending the colors of Albania, in second place, and Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, a Norwegian who has been competing for Brazil since last year, among the men.