Category: sports-winter sports

The last Azzurri victory on Ganslern was in 2012, when Cristian Deville, a Fassa native and the most successful of his career, prevailed.

There is no shortage of winter in the South Tyrolean resort, the heart of the Latemar Ski Center (20 minutes from Bolzano) with its sister resorts in Trentino, Pampeago and Predazzo.

“In this stage, I can’t expect much,” admitted the Italian woman.

In the second time trial in Kitzbuhel, the two blues finished third and fourth, respectively.

The Italian snowboarder confirmed his success in the parallel slalom on Austrian snow, a race he also won 12 months ago.

After two stages of absence, the Italian team recovers Dorothea Wierer, who will be at the start along with Lisa Vittozzi.

“It makes me proud to see so many blues and blues do well. Just as I cannot remain insensitive to the successes of a boy from my land.”

After the long weekend in Wengen, the men’s national sprint team is already on its way to Kitzbuehel, the iconic Tyrolean resort that will host three races this year.

After titles in the 500 and 1500, today in Gdansk the Italian also won the 1000-meter title.

The 28-year-old Carabinieri Sports Group athlete won the pursuit race valid for the biathlon CdM.

Lara Gut-Behrami won the second super-G in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee with a time of 1’14″95 and was ahead of two Austrians.

The two blues repeat last year’s triumph in Kaunas; it is the fourth continental medal for them.

The snowboarder from Belluno scored her first World Cup victory in the PGS in Scuol.

The winner was Marco Odermatt of Switzerland, who was 59 hundredths ahead of Cyprien Sarrazin of France.

“The downhill bib is confirmed, but the girls behind me are close and everything is wide open,” admitted the Bergamasque.

Italy women’s skiing experiences another historic day, with two athletes on the podium in the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee downhill.

In Kaunas, third career continental medal for the Rome-born Italian transplanted to Sesto San Giovanni.

The Italian got his first career victory and the first in history for Italy in the skeleton World Cup.

The Italian missed third place in the super-G in Wengen by only 6 hundredths.

Statements from the blue ladies after the super-G in Altenmarkt.

Cornelia Huetter wins the super-G in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, recovery of the cancelled race in St. Moritz.

In Kaunas Lucrezia Beccari and Matteo Guarise won the gold medal, Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini the bronze.

Triplet in the only downhill run

The Swiss skier won the downhill ahead of France’s Sarrazin and Norway’s Kilde.

The Piedmontese athlete is banking on the races in Austria to get back on the podium in the World Cup.

The Valle d’Aosta native has won 24 victories and 63 total podiums in the World Cup so far, and she has no intention of stopping.

The champion from Bergamo concluded her preparation in Val di Fassa and is ready for the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee races.

It is Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin who wins the second time trial of the men’s downhill in Wengen.

Marco Odermatt set the fastest time in the first round of the men’s downhill on the famous Lauberhorn slope in Wengen.

On the schedule are the third and fourth super-giants of the season (the first of which makes up for the one canceled in St. Moritz), scheduled for Friday, Jan. 12 (10:45 a.m.) and Sunday, Jan. 14 (10:45 a.m.), while Saturday, Jan. 13 will be the third downhill (11 a.m.).