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Asja Zenere

Undici azzurre al via del gigante femminile di Soelden

14 Oct

Eleven Italians at the start of the women's giant slalom in Soelden

Alice Pazzaglia, Anna Trocker, Asja Zenere, Emilia Mondinelli, Federica Brignone, Gianluca Rulfi, Giorgia Collomb, Ilaria Ghisalberti, Lara Della Mea, Laura Pirovano, Luca Agazzi, Marta Bassino, Sofia Goggia, Sophie Mathieu, Tatum Bieler

MILAN – Eleven Italian athletes will be competing in the women's giant slalom in Soelden, the opening event of the World Cup, scheduled for Saturday, October 24th, on the Rettenbach Glacier. With Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia announced as absent, the Italian team, led by Gianluca Rulfi and coached by Luca Agazzi, features the return of Marta Bassino, who missed the entire last season after sustaining an injury on the eve of the Austrian race. The 30-year-old from Cuneo, winner of the 2021 Giant Slalom World Cup, earned one of her seven career victories in Soelden and is back with renewed enthusiasm. Alongside her…

Sci: Elena Curtoni vince il SuperG in Val di Fassa. Sul podio anche Asja Zenere

08 Sea

Skiing: Elena Curtoni wins the Super-G in Val di Fassa. Asja Zenere also makes the podium.

Asja Zenere, World Cup, Elena Curtoni, skiing, SuperG, Fassa Valley

TRENTO - The Italian women's ski team is dominating the World Championships in Val di Fassa. After Laura Pirovano's double win in the freestyle on Friday and Saturday, Elena Curtoni has won the super-G. The Valtellina native returns to a World Cup victory, her first since December 2022 (it's her fourth overall, with two in the freestyle and two in the super-G). Asja Zenere also celebrated on the podium (her first career podium), finishing third by just one hundredth of a second behind Norway's Lie. Two other Italian women in the top ten: Laura Pirovano is eighth, Sofia Goggia ninth, and Roberta Melesi is twelfth.