Azzurri all eliminated, male gold for Schmid and female gold for Tviberg-Corriere.it

This time there was no glory for Italy in the individual parallel of the World Ski Championship. Zero titles on Roc de Fer de Meribel and above all the most important bitterness immediately: Marta Bassino already lost the world championship crown won in 2021 in the round of 16, ex aequo with the Austrian Liensberger (who had fared even much worse because on Tuesday 14 she had not even passed the qualifying obstacle) . Marta was eliminated by the young Frenchwoman Marie Lamure, who would go on to reach the small final, losing to Norway’s Stjernesund. The snow conditions were different from those of recent days, the high temperatures had forced salting and the surface was more slippery. The blue, however, was clearly defeated: at the end of the first heat she had already acquired the maximum chargeable difference (half a second) and in the second she was unable to recover also due to the effective action of the young opponent. I set off with the idea of ​​going as far forward as possible – commented Marta – but in the first descent I struggled a lot and I didn’t find myself in the best conditions. Too bad, but I’m still happy to have tried, even as training in view of the giant.

Already, the test between the wide doors, scheduled for Thursday 16th: Marta has a great chance of a podium and even of winning; if she made it she would equal the three gold medals at the World of Deborah Compagnoni. Alongside her, together with the young debs Asja Zenere and Beatrice Sola, will be the other Italian attack card, Federica Brignone. Fede even risked the flat rate because she had a fever in the last three days (even with high temperatures). But she finally decided to be there and while not being at her best she will certainly try.

Returning to the parallel, Norway, already second in the mixed Team Event, made a handful of podiums. Among women, gold with Tviberg and bronze with the aforementioned Stjernesund (the silver went to the Swiss Holdener, long-distance champion); among the males, third place went to Haugan, who defeated the Austrian Pertl in the small final. On the men’s front, yes recorded the first victory at the World Cup of Germany, thanks to Schmid who defeated Raschner in the final, ensuring that Austria continues to be without gold medals. Alexander Schmid also introduces us to the test of the Italians because the German was the one who eliminated Filippo Della Vite in the first round. The men’s match went slightly better for the Azzurri, first of all because there were 3 qualifiers for the final draw and not 1 as among the women and then because one of these entered the quarterfinals and, when all things considered, finished in eighth place. We are talking about Luca de Aliprandini, silver medal in giant slalom at the 2021 World Cup, who in the second round managed to beat another strong German, Linus Strasser. However, he could do nothing against the future wooden medal Adrian Pertl, but Luca still did the general rehearsal of the giant on Friday February 17th, his race and the opportunity to redeem a year that has been subdued up to now. Alex Vinatzer, the third Italian, who finally did not escape the law of the Slovenian Zan Kranjec: defeat in both heats. Summary and moral. The parallel in recent years has given the Azzurri unexpected satisfactions, from the 2019 team bronze in Aare to Bassino’s triumph in the individual two years ago. But it remains a specialty in which we still have some gaps, especially in the phase out of the gate, the moment in which a Norway can make a difference.