DAY 3 events
14. SPEED SKATING - W 1000m
1. Miho Takagi JPN
2. Brittany Bowe USA
3. Jutta Leerdam NED
15. SNOWBOARD - W Big Air
1. Kokomo Nagase JPN
2. Anna Gasser AUT
3. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott NZL
16. FREESTYLE SKIING - W Freeski Slopestyle
1. Tess Ledeux FRA
2. Mathilde Gremaud SUI
3. Eileen Gu CHN
17. ALPINE SKIING - M Team Combined
1. Marco Odermatt, Loic Meillard SUI
2. Cyprien Sarrazin, Clement Noel FRA
3. Vincenr Kriechmayr, Manuel Feller AUT
18. SKI JUMPING - M Normal Hill Individual
1. Andreas Wellinger GER
2. Stefan Kraft AUT
3. Jan Hoerl AUT
You know, but we still don't know what that was about. Ceccarelli has a difficult character but still changing colors to a country with which you have absolute no connetions? What would you say if Iga Swiatek fell out with the Polish tennis federation and started playing for Luxembourg or Andorra? Certainly not everyone would decide to take such a step, even if they had to give in a little in talks with the federation.
Another thing is that the Italian training system simply doesn`t work. As you can see, there are talents but we don`t know how to train them. Since the golden generation born in 1990-1995 (Brignone, Bassino, Goggia) we haven`t trained anyone who would stand on the podium in giant slalom or slalom in World Cup. So something is wrong. At the beginning of the 21st century we had a large group of good athletes in giant slalom (maybe not at Brignone's level): Karbon, Moelgg, Putzer, Gius, etc., who were able to win World Cups, win World Championship medals, etc. Now we have no one. In women's giant slalom for example: if Brignone and Bassino are gone, even getting to the first 20 in World Cup will be a problem for us.
I remember that Lara Gut's family also had a conflict with the Swiss federation at the beginning of her career around 2008/2009 but it was resolved. I remember that the family also wanted to have a greater influence on their daughter's career. It was probably similar here. If there was a will from both sides, an agreement should have been reached. Especially since Colturi has zero ties with Albania. Sinner could have played for Austria sooner, as a person from South Tyrol.
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.
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