Second place for the junior from Sant’Angelo in the sprint team, together with Sabina Borrettaz
Ilario Tancon
VAL DI FIEMME
On the third day, the medal for Laura Mortagna arrives at the Val di Fiemme Roller Ski World Championships.
The girl from Santa Giustina climbed to the second step of the podium in the blue relay 2 × 6.5 kilometers together with Sabrina Borrettaz from Valle d’Aosta. The couple ran into a mistake on the gearbox thus resulting in a penalty of 18 ” net that has relegated them to Russia’s shoulders, third place instead for Ukraine arrived one minute from the leading pair.
“It’s a shame, but it’s also okay to finish second,” says Mortagna. «We have known for a long time that we would run this race together. We are very friends, we are certainly sorry, we gave everything and tried to recover until the end, we lost for a second. Tomorrow is another race, let’s think about that ».
Almost the same script of the Juniors girls also for the boys of the Junior men’s sprint team with the mistake of Aksel Artusi, early change, which sentenced the boy from Sporting Livigno and Riccardo Munari (Treviso of the Ski College Veneto Falcade) to the third final place , thus closing behind Russia and Ukraine. A splendid silver also arrived in the absolute women’s 2 × 6.5 kilometers sprint team. It was the two Elise, Sordello and Brocard, separated by a gap of 16 years of age, the first born in 2000 while the second was born in 1984, to sign the second place. A very tense race that saw the two blues also lead with the best time in the middle of the race, only to surrender at the end to the Russian couple.
Third place for Ukraine. Matteo Tanel and Francesco Becchis failed to give themselves personal recognition, not finding a place on the podium. The men’s sprint team was won by Sweden.
On the second and third step of the podium Norway and Ukraine. Today the conclusion of the world championship with mass start tests in classical technique.
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