Well, it was to be expected that Colturi was going to have a breakout result like that sooner or later and the state of Italian alpine skiing will create some very long faces. But hey, if Italy  let their "best" prospect walk because of money then it's their fault. If there was some personal feud between Ceccarelli & federation it's even worse.

Stage 3 in Gurgl (AUT)   Women´s Slalom:   1. Mikaela Shiffrin    1:40.22 2. Lara Colturi    1:40.77 3. Camille Rast    1:40.79   Full Final Results HERE

Stage 1 in Lillehammer (NOR)   Women´s Individual Large Hill:   1.  Nika Prevc    269.9 2. Katharina Schmid    247.6 3. Selina Freitag    244.4   Full Final Result HERE

WOW!!!!!    4-2 down and facing 3 German counters, Bruce Mouatt nails an amazing triple takeout to score 2!      4  4 after 4 ends. 

@heywoodu how's Bruna Moura plans for this season? We would like to

I think ski jumping world cup would be much more interesting to watch if they made Round 1 in all the competions in pairs like during 4 hills   This is much more interesting format than usual boring 1-hour long first round

Ha! That comment was premature and it was about GS not SL. But still... i'm happy Rast made her first WC podium today although i expected Duerr will be 3rd

Did she negotiate with the Italian federation until the end?   For me it is sad that we have lost the only great talent in this sport for many years. Since Bassino, we haven`t one in technical competitions in alpine skiing. Giorgia Collomb is the same age as Colturi and she has a problem to get single points in the World Cup. Basically, after end of carriers of Goggia and Brignone in 2026, our skiing will die. There will be only Bassino also over 30. No average Italian will waste half a day on Saturday to see Peterlini take 20th place and Rosetti and della Mea don`t finish 5 out of 6 slaloms in one season.

Obviously that was a Ceccarelli's fault. 

Or skicross 😈