Italy's ski boss Flavio Roda: “I expected more”

Before the home World Championships, FISI President Flavio Roda spoke clearly: He expects more than three medals from his protégés in Cortina d'Ampezzo. In the end there were two: Marta Bassino won the gold in the controversial parallel competition, Luca De Aliprandini surprisingly won silver in the giant slalom. Although Roda made some positive points, his balance sheet is not all that rosy. “The positive aspect of the World Cup concerns the men’s camp, which has had problems recently but sent a strong signal in Cortina. Not just because of De Aliprandini's silver medal. “Otherwise, the boys were always good in the race,” said Roda in an interview Rai Sport . Talked too much He was not entirely satisfied with the performance of the women's team: "We all expected more from the women, even if Bassino's gold medal is very nice." Sofia Goggia's failure played a role: "Goggia's absence hurt, we felt that. Maybe sometimes there was too much talking instead of thinking about skiing,” said Roda in clear words Federica Brignone and her freak out after the parallel competition should be directed. “I expected more, I have to be honest. Of course: there was always some inability and misfortune. From an organizational point of view, it was a great World Championships that we would have liked to honor with a few more medals. Italy is a force to be reckoned with, but we always have a bit of a hard time with major events.”

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Italy's ski boss Flavio Roda: “I expected more”

The Azzurri's expectations were high before the World Cup in Cortina d'Ampezzo, but in the end they fell short of expectations.

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