John Franzoni wins even when he loses: splendid words

No podium in the super-G for Giovanni Franzoni: the Brescian closes sixth at 0″63 in a run with no obvious errors, with excellent partials but in which the details did not line up perfectly. And in the absence of too many crucial passages, it was precisely the smallest details and smoothness that proved crucial on this Olympic Wednesday, in Bormio: the Brescian stopped the stopwatch just over three tenths off the podium, after his splendid silver in the downhill.

“Too bad, I left a few tenths too many in the middle section,” he explained at the end of his run, “where I should perhaps have been more closed and less on the edges. I still have to grow on these details: in three out of four intermediates I was in line with Von Allmen. To be three tenths from the podium and to have lost six tenths in one sector hurts a bit. In these conditions I knew I was not the favorite, soft snow is not my favorite”.

“The goal now is to try to become complete as an athlete and able to adapt to all conditions,” he adds.”

Meanwhile, however, I have to take my hat off to Von Allmen: three golds at the first Olympics is truly incredible, a legendary week and he deserves it. He has been an inspiration to me these years, I’m trying to learn from his skiing to get that fluidity that I lack a little bit. The goal is just that, to improve in these conditions and then really I can play it all the time. There is a lot of confidence and I still want to pick up something in the next races”.

Aldo Seghedoni

Christof Innerhofer, who experienced his fifth Olympics, expected more: “It was a big goal to be here. On the other hand, I am not happy with my test, I could have skied better. The snow was not my favorite, I prefer when it is harder. Maybe I could have risked more but I didn&#8217t trust it to the full: I am not satisfied, because I was hoping to get in the top6”.