Snowboarding, Daniele Bagozza and Edwin Coratti sign a stunning blue one-two punch

Snowboarding, Daniele Bagozza and Edwin Coratti sign a splendid blue double

The Italian parallel continues to lay down the law and the first of two parallel slaloms in Pamporovo, Bulgaria, gives an all-Italian final with Daniele Bagozza beating Edwin Coratti by 62 hundredths of a second. For the 28-year-old from Ortisei, Val Gardena, it is the second success of the season after his triumph in the Davos slalom, the fourth in his career all in the same specialty. Behind him, Coratti can toast to his eighth career podium in slalom, his 19th overall by widening his gaze to the giant slalom as well.

After setting the best time in qualifying, Coratti reached the finals by overcoming Canada’s Gaudet in the round of 16 and Slovenia’s Kosir in the quarters; while in the semifinals, the fall of Bulgaria’s Yankov paved the way for him to face Bagozza. At the lower end of the scoreboard Bagozza overcame in order Austrians Payer and Prommegger and then got the better of Korea’s Lee in the semifinals.
Red light in the quarters then for Aaron March (eighth) against the same Yankov, then third, and for Ronald Fischnaller (seventh), who fell in the confrontation with Lee; ninth place then for Maurizio Bormolini, out in the round of 16.

"It’ was a special day – admitted Daniele Bagozza, in words reported by FISI -, the conditions were not easy with this snowfall. I am thrilled with this second victory. The all-Italian final with Edwin è was really fun: we are having a space winter".

For the blue team that of Pamporovo è the fifth success of the season while the spoils of podiums rises to 14 in the seven races played so far.

On Sunday, January 21 on the same track è a second parallel slalom is scheduled.