The 40th edition sees the azzurrini great protagonists, with a hat-trick among the Under 16s thanks to Colturi, Collomb and Trocker.
After four days of national competition, Abetone is on Friday has returned to being the world capital of youth alpine skiing thanks to the 2022 International Finals of the “Pinocchio on Skis” edition number 40, in which 30 foreign delegations are taking part with the best children category athletes on the planet.
In addition to Italy, teams from Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, South Korea, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, participate in the competition. New Zealand, Holland, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and Hungary. Representing the Italian national team are the twenty athletes who joined the Italy 2022 Team, selected on the basis of the excellent performances recorded during the National Phase.
And the azzurrini were super in the slalom of the Children I and Children II categories: only among the Under 14, a foreign success arrived with the German Franka Nadine Sahli to precede the Slovenian Taja Presern and Giada D’Antonio,
Victory for Michele Vivalda on a male level, ahead of the Germans Pius Burger and Michael Huber. Under 16 category which instead saw the Italian girls dominate, with a splendid hat-trick led by Lara Colturi who beat the eternal rival Giorgia Collomb and Nadine Trocker, with Edoardo Simonelli who imposed himself among the boys, regulating the Slovenian Miha Oserban and Alberto Landini. “Despite the adverse weather conditions, with pouring rain and gusts of wind, we managed to complete two demanding races, moreover with double heats – commented the President Franco Giachini – The applause goes above all to the staff of the SAF – Società Abetone Funivie and in particular to the director Giampiero Danti, always precious “.
The competition will officially come to an end today, the second day of the International Finals with the athletes of all categories who will take to the track starting at 9.00 to compete in the giant race. Grand finale scheduled for 3.00 pm in Piazza delle Piramidi in Abetone with the awarding of the winning national team and the crowning of the best male athlete and the best female athlete of the 40th edition of Pinocchio on Ski.
