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After her success in the giant slalom, the skier from Valle d’Aosta did not finish higher than fifth in the narrow-door event valid for the Junior World Championships.

Good, very good performance by the Azzurri who were comfortable on the Norwegian snow.

After hitting gold at the World Championships in Saalbach in the mixed parallel team event, the Italian won the world junior giant slalom title.

“It’s probably one of the things I miss in my career. I deserve a nomination.”

“Everyone has their own numbers, their own path, their own story, certainly if that little girl skiing in Foppolo all those years ago had been told she would reach 60 World Cup podiums, I don’t know if she would have believed it.”

“I had very bad feelings coming down. There was a chalky, aggressive bottom and I felt like the skis didn’t hold me and seeing me second at 9 cents I was very surprised because I didn’t have encouraging feelings.”

“I didn’t expect to make it: at the finish line I gave a scream of frustration.”

Azzurre Azzurre protagonists in the World Cup.

The super-G cancelled last December in St. Moritz will be made up in La Thuile on Friday, March 14.

Aosta Valley skier smiles after downhill race

Thanks to her fifth-place finish in the first downhill in Kvitfjell, the Aosta Valley skier increased her lead to 213 points over Lara Gut-Behrami.

The skier from Bergamo saw her podium finish slip away in the first downhill in Kvitfjell by just 4 hundredths.

It was Austria’s Cornelia Huetter who took home the first Norwegian downhill ahead of Germany’s Emma Aicher and America’s Breezy Johnson.

“I am the oldest medalist between Worlds and Olympics and I am proud of that.”

The blue cross-country skier finished second in the free technique sprint event

The skier from Bergamo did not go beyond 43rd place in the second downhill event in Kvitfjell, Norway.

The skier from Valle d’Aosta expressed herself after finishing seventh in the second downhill race in Kvitjfell, Norway.

Second downhill run decidedly bitter for Italy on the slopes of Kvitfjell, Norway.

Italy did well in the first round of the double downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway.

The first medal event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim will be the free technique sprint.

Farina dominated in the freestyle skiing category, while Bordignon came out on top in the women’s snowboarding category.

As many as 11 have been summoned from Italy for the weekend’s two downhill races and SuperG in the Norwegian resort.

The blue cross-country, ski jumping and Nordic combined teams are ready to play their cards to look their best at the rainbow event.

For the U.S., it closes a circle that began as early as December 20, 2012.

Blue skier shines in SuperG

The 17-year-old Bologna native is the first ever, including men, to win a World Cup slopestyle competition for Italy: she did it in Stoneham, Canada.

The skier from Bergamo saw her podium finish slip away in the second giant slalom in Sestriere by just 39 hundredths.

The skier from Valle d’Aosta spoke out after her success in the second giant slalom in Sestriere.

Extraordinary second run by both blues, who were absolute protagonists on Saturday as well.

Franjo von Allmen wins Saturday’s downhill, ahead of Marco Odermatt and Alexis Monney. For Italy, two athletes in the top 10.