Explosive interview: Italy's ski men are simmering

“Everyone has to make a mea culpa, me being the first. I will do it tomorrow, but others would have to do it too.” Luca De Aliprandini was clearly frustrated after the season finale. After the last race of the winter, the man from Nonsberg didn't mince his words and spoke across the table Rai Sport clear words. Words that his association, the FISI, should not like.

“I don't want to criticize those who decide because I know that I will have to face consequences. But we are the only association in which no teams have been defined until May. You can't work like that in April, there's no training plan. I and all the other athletes have to bear the consequences. I understand that the Olympic four-year cycle is coming to an end. But it can’t be the case that no one knows today what will happen tomorrow.”

Luca De Aliprandini, ski star from Italy.

Harsh words from the reigning giant slalom vice world champion, who adds: “Before we claim that the other (nations) have the talent, we all, including me, have to make a little 'mea culpa' and say what we can do better ourselves. I will do it tomorrow, but some others should do it too.” A disappointing season A polemical conclusion, but one that suits the men's season. Because the Azzurri didn't cover themselves with glory this year. It is thanks to Dominik Paris that the men have at least two wins to their name. The Ultner also achieved third place. And otherwise? A second place for Luca De Aliprandini in Alta Badia and a third place for Giuliano Razzoli in Wengen – it wasn't enough for the proud ski nation. For comparison: the women celebrated a total of eleven victories this season.

So there is a need to catch up among the ski men, but also at FISI, which has also made one or two faux pas this year. Think of them missed quota places at the Olympics or to the Casse-Marsaglia story , which caused a lot of fuss. Maybe, maybe De Aliprandini's public sweep was a wake-up call for the association.

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Explosive interview: Italy's ski men are simmering

While Italy's ski women won big this year, the men's season was disappointing. Giant slalom star Luca De Aliprandini, who struck a polemical note in an interview, now proves how deep the sting runs.

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