Beijing Winter Olympics, Brignone’s latest effort: the Team Event for the trio

No Italian in skiing has ever won three medals in an edition of the Games. With Federica, Bassino, De Aliprandini and Vinatzer competing. In the first round there is Russia. In the quarters he threatens the US with Shiffrin

Weather permitting, Federica Brignone goes for the trio at 2 am Sunday night, the last day of the Beijing Games. She not alone, but with the Team Event quartet, making their debut in the round of 16 against Russia. There was too much event in Yanqing: the jury decided to postpone the race first at 4 Italian after a meeting scheduled at 3.30 and then at 5 (technical meeting at 4.30), when the final decision was made that there weren’t any the safety conditions to compete and to postpone it until tomorrow. Then the decision diu postpone everything to Sunday. Italy is at the bottom of the Team Event scoreboard. In the round of 16 he meets Russia and, if he passes the round, he will find the winner of the United States-Slovakia. In the semifinal hypothetical crossing with Germany or Switzerland. Fifteen teams at the start. Austria enjoys the bye in the upper part and goes directly to the quarterfinals, where they will find the winner of Slovenia-Canada.

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One last commitment, the one in the team event, for the blue workaholic, confirmed as a great multipurpose. The Team event is the race that debuted in the Olympic program four years ago in PyeongChang. The formula provides for a direct elimination draw that starts from the round of 16. Teams of four elements compete against each other (two men and two women), on the four tests and the selection will pass who has won the most. Only in the event of a 2-2 tie will the overall times be calculated. Federica – who in these Games, in addition to the silver giant, the super-G and the bronze combined – also played the slalom coming out in the second heat (she had finished 20th in the second). If Italy were to go to the medal, Brignone would become the first Italian to win three medals in the same edition of the Games. Fede competes as a team with Marta Bassino, Luca De Aliprandini and Alex Vinatzer. Four years ago, in the inaugural edition won by Switzerland, Italy closed in fifth place.

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