Italian athletes record a crushing victory in Gressoney
Italy scores twice in Giant Slalom competitions in Gressoney Saint-Jean. Denis Karbon wins while Irene Curtoni ranks second.
In the Giant Slalom competition italian Athletes had great success through the victory of Denise Karbon of the Fiamme Gialle, time 2’20”23 and the first place conquered by Irene Curtone of the Army Sport Club, time 2’20”25. The german athlete Fanny Chamelar ranked third, time 2’20”56. The performance of Federica Brignone (Carabinieri) has been unsuccessful: in the first competition she was fist while in the second one she unluckily went off the track at the fourth from the last gate. The performance of the Genoese Anna Marconi of the Army Team has been really satisfying. The two Austrian athletes, Michaela Noesig and Martina Geisler, ranked respectively fifth and sixth. Before the competition the French athlete Ingrid Jacquemod was among the favourites, but unfortunately she reached just the eighth place.
“I want to dedicate my victory to my teammates, Fiamme Gialle, who have been supporting me for the whole year and I am very proud to have wan the gold medal in the World Military Games. My sincere congratulations go to the Organizing Committee for the beautiful track and now I concentrate on the Slalom on Wednesday where I hope to reach a great success”, said the winner Denis Karbon.
“Unfortunately I crossed my skis as I did in Garmisch, but on this occasion I could help falling down”, stated Federica Brignone, completely disappointed.