Giorgia Collomb grants an encore

Giorgia Collomb world junior giant slalom champion

Giorgia Collomb triumphs in the World Junior Giant World Championships in Tarvisio. Just a month after the gold medal she won in the mixed parallel team event at the World Championships in Saalbach, the Valle d’Aosta native born in 2006 climbs the highest step of the world podium also in the junior rainbow event 

Second after the first run, the 18-year-old Carabiniere from La Thuille was able to gain an’additional position by taking advantage of the exit of Swiss Sue Piller, the leader at mid-race: 2'04"72 is the time of the Italian who boasts a 56-cent margin over the’other Swiss Stefanie Grob and 0"62 over the U.S. Elisa Bocock who complete the podium.

The’last Italian able to win the world junior giant slalom title è was Laura Pirovano, in Are 2017, while the’last gold ever è was signed by Sophie Mathiou in slalom in 2021 in Bansko. Limiting her gaze to the giant slalom, Collomb joins a club of seven other azzurre capable of winning at the Junior World Championships after Deborah Compagnoni (1987), Sabina Panzanini (1991), Karen Putzer (1996 and 1997), Denise Karbon (1999), Nadia Fanchini (2005), Marta Bassino (2014) and Pirovano herself.

"È unbelievable commented in the heat -. I don’t really know what to think but I am very very happy. It’ s an incredible day: the first run was very difficult, with so much speed and I never expected to win today. In the second run I just tried to be myself, to think about my own and just be 'Giorgia' without thinking about anything else".