The eyes of the world on the two queens: Cortina and the Goggia

Bib number 7 for the Bergamo-born, also yesterday the best in test. Sold out in Rumerlo for the free, tampons at Codivilla

CORTINA

The wait is over: the spectacle of the women’s alpine skiing world cup returns to Cortina after two years. At 11.30, with comforting weather forecasts, the gate will open which will raise the curtain on the downhill test. Tomorrow, however, the highly anticipated super G (starting at 11.45 am).

The eyes of the world on curtain

For two days the eyes of the world (the two races will be broadcast live on RaiSport and Eurosport) will be focused on Olympia delle Tofane. In the background, from the top of the over two thousand meters of the starting gate, not only the outline of the town of Cortina but, more symbolically, Beijing. The two races will in fact be giving away the last precious points to snatch the Olympic pass.

Sofia’s return

It will be a special stage for Sofia Goggia: the most awaited, beloved by the Ampezzo people, who last year had to give up the World Cup (of which she was also an ambassador) due to a mocking injury. Now she is determined to go big. Also yesterday, during the second day of testing, he stopped the clock on the best time. In 1’36 ” 72, Goggia put everyone in line, openly announcing her goal for the two days in Cortina: to win and lengthen the pace in the specialty rankings to try at the same time to recover ground in the general one that sees her delayed compared to Shiffrin and Vlhova (both absent today). For the record, returning to yesterday’s tests, second place for the Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel at 41 cents, third the Swiss Michelle Gisin delayed by 44 cents. Good indications also yesterday, as happened on Thursday, also for Federica Brignone (seventh place). Elena Curtoni, Nicol Delago and Nadia Delago also found space in the top twenty. Further back Marta Bassino (twenty-third) and Francesca Marsaglia (thirtieth).

perfect track

All of them, this morning, will find a perfect slope under their skis, the result of the great teamwork put in place in record time by the organizing committee that has worked hard in recent weeks but with a sword of Damocles on him called precariousness. The Ampezzo community has also done and will do its part. The latest news in chronological order, the inauguration of a tampon point today, inside the Codivilla hospital, thanks to the involvement of the Municipality of Cortina with the collaboration of the healthcare company. Speaking of health aspects, in addition to the strict regulatory control announced in the Rumerlo finish area, the local health company announced that one of the two helicopters made available to the event by the financial police will be equipped with doctors and nurses from the Suem plant. . Grandstand and parterre tickets in the meantime literally went up in smoke: for the lucky spectators who will be able to attend the live world cup show, an exceptional mobility plan has been prepared that provides access to Rumerlo exclusively on board shuttles or using the Socrepes chairlift (interchange parking in Acquabona and public transport runs doubled in the two days of competitions).

The bibs

It will be the Austrian Mirjam Puchner to inaugurate the first day of competitions on Olympia. 51 athletes enrolled in the downhill with the big ones concentrate in the first ten: after the Puchner it will be Michelle Gisin’s turn, immediately after Ramona Sieberhofer starts. Gut Behrami fifth, Gagnon sixth then a thrilling double: Sofia Goggia seventh at the starting gate, Federica Brignone eighth. The other blue ones further back. Eleventh Nadia Delago, fourteenth her sister Nicol, fifteenth Elena Curtoni and sixteenth Marta Bassino. –

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