Falcade re-embraces the Olympics with snowboarding. Dalmasso: proud of my land

«I am proud and excited for this experience. I’m not going to make an appearance even if I realized that the rivals are very strong “

FALCADE. The last time an athlete from Falcade wore the five-ring bib was in 2010. The Games were held in Canadian Vancouver and cross-country skier Magda Genuin competed in blue, an excellent fifth in the sprint.

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To pick up the baton of Magda, who now lives in the Spanish Pyrenees, is today Lucia Dalmasso. Twenty-five years old next May 28, Lucia comes from a family of skiers and until a few years ago she was one of the hopes of alpine skiing. Then, yet another knee injury caused her to be diverted to the board. In a few years she has transformed into a World Cup snowboarder, a parallel specialty .. Last season she closed it in style, with the tricolor gold in both slalom and giant, in this winter 2021-2022 she won in the Cup two 12th places, one in December in Cortina, one in Scuol (Switzerland) in early January. Now, the Beijing Games. The departure is scheduled for Monday, January 31st. The race (the giant) on February 8th.

«I am excited and proud of myself for this call-up to the Olympics» comments Lucia. «I am proud to represent Italy and my land. I don’t want to make an appearance, even though my rivals are very strong. Every race for me is experience, in a discipline in which I am still “young” since I have been doing it at high levels since 2016 and my first international result came in 2018 while in 2021 I graduated as Italian champion in slalom and in giant leap ” .

“I’m happy and proud,” continues the girl from Falcade. «I go to the Games to aim as high as possible and have fun. We leave on the 31st, I should participate in the parade. In these days of training it went super well ». Great expectations, of course, in Falcade. “When we received the news of Lucia’s call-up to the Beijing 2022 Olympics it was a moment of pure joy for all of us who saw her grow up on the slopes of the San Pellegrino Ski Area”, says Antonella Schena, president of Promo Falcade Dolomiti, the tourism promotion body which for the first time this season supports an athlete in the World Cup.

«Falcade and Val del Biois are proud to have a representative in the Italian National team who will carry the name of its territory high in the highest international competition. We are even more proud because Lucia, from this season, has been wearing the Falcade Dolomiti brand and has been its testimonial in the races that led her to this great experience. From home we will follow the races in Beijing cheering our champion, wishing her a big good luck! ”