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Dec
17

TRAINING OF TEAM ITALY, AUSTRIA, USA AND FRANCE IN BORMIO

Team Italy, Austria, United States and France are coming to Bormio from Val Gardena. The athletes will train tomorrow and the day after on the Stelvio, the slope hosting the next Men’s World Cup DH race on Thursday 28 December and the Alpine Combined one the day after.

The World Cup circuit is back to Bormio after three seasons, on a track that is considered by most of the athletes the most technical and difficult of the entire World Cup circuit. A review is necessary. The snow conditions are excellent, but the difficulties of the Stelvio are many: better study them carefully.

The Italian team will be there with 8 athletes: Fill, Paris, Innerhofer, Buzzi, Marsaglia, Casse, Bosca and Battilani. France has 7 athletes guided by Theaux, Clarey, Fayed and Roger. Austria will bring 8 DH skiers including Reichelt, Kriechmayr, Franz and Striedinger. US will be there with 6 downhillers, including Ganong Weibrecht and Goldberg.

In December 2013 the last winner on the Stelvio was the Norwegian Axel Lund Svindal. The athletes, in order not to feel tired – something hard to eliminate – will train early in the morning from La Rocca to Ciuk, avoiding La Konta, the final part that leads to the town. Tomorrow, after 11am, everyone will be by the Bormio 2000 cable car to meet and greet the fans and for interviews.