Nadia Delago was the best Azzurra in training on Wednesday. © APA/afp / LIONEL BONAVENTURE

Nadia Delago is cautiously approaching the Fassa Valley

The women's speed races will take place in the Val di Fassa this weekend. The first training session on Wednesday saw many shortcuts, but also positive signs from the South Tyrolean women.

March 04, 2026

From: cst

A first test run on the course in the Val di Fassa, where the women's downhill race will take place on Saturday. That was all there was to it on Wednesday, as numerous top athletes cut their runs short – or exercised great caution on tricky sections. Therefore, the training run, in which Ilka Stuhec was fastest despite missing a gate, doesn't provide much insight.

There were still positive signs for Nadia Delago. The Val Gardena native was the best Italian in fifth place and completed the run without missing a single gate. Delago was 70 hundredths of a second slower than Stuhec, behind whom Romane Miradoli (FRA/+0,17) and Breezy Johnson (USA/+0,34) took the next places.

Nicol Delago, the second of the Val Gardena sisters. © ANSA / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT

In total, seven other Italian players, including Nadia Delago and her sister Nicol, participated in the first training session. The results: Laura Pirovano (7th), Elena Curtoni (15th), Nicol Delago (17th), Roberta Melesi (21st), Asja Zenere (26th), Sara Thaler (46th), Ilaria Ghisalberti (53rd).