Competition weekend coming up with big news for alpine skiing'Italy
Next weekend’s Alpine Ski World Cup will represent a very important stage for Italy. In fact, there will be three debuts: that of Livigno as the host resort of a Circo Bianco race, the men’s super-G on Saturday, December 27, and that of two very young athletes, Anna Trocker and Giada D’Antonio, in the women’s giant slalom and slalom in Semmering on Saturday, December 27, and Sunday, December 28, respectively. Two girls who have never competed in a European Cup race but are being tested in the major circuit to avoid a repeat of the resounding case of Lara Colturi, who three years ago, supported by dad Alessandro and mom Daniela Ceccarelli, left the group of “Observed” Azzurri to compete for Albania.
Anna Trocker turned 17 yesterday, is a’South Tyrolean from Fiè allo Sciliar, a town in the Isarco Valley, is a member of the Seiser Alm Ski Team, is a member of the Youth Group, and this early in the season has competed in three races on the North American circuit, the so-called Nor-Am Cup, finishing fifth in a giant and second and first in a slalom, then in Plan de Corones on Dec. 22 she won a national junior slalom race after coming in the day before in which some of the big names in the specialty were also present.
Giada d’Antonio, on the other hand, was born in Naples on May 28, 16 years ago, a Neapolitan from San Sebastiano al Vesuvio and a Colombian mother, grew up in the ranks of the Vesuvio Ski Club, trains with the Youth Group and lives in Predazzo, a town in Val di Fiemme in the province of Trento. Last month she won by starting with high numbers in the first two FIS races in which she participated, two slaloms in Switzerland, and she also competed in Nor-Am touching the top 10 a couple of times, then in Moena she won a national junior giant slalom.
In Saturday’s giant slalom, along with Trocker will compete Giorgia Collomb, Lara Della Mea, Ilaria Ghisalberti, Sofia Goggia, Alice Pazzaglia, Ambra Pomaré and Asja Zenere. In Sunday’s slalom, along with D’Antonio, there will be Giorgia Collomb, Lara Della Mea, Emilia Mondinelli, Martina Peterlini, Beatrice Sola and Giulia Valleriani.
Livigno, on the other hand, will replace Bormio as the men’s World Cup stop between Christmas and New Year’s Day since the Alta Valtellina resort will be the Olympic venue for men’s alpine skiing. In Saturday’s super-G in Little Tibet, Marco Abbruzzese, Benjamin Alliod, Guglielmo Bosca, Mattia Casse, Giovanni Franzoni, Christof Innerhofer, Dominik Paris, Max Pesatore and Florian Schieder will defend Italy’s colors.
