Mirko Felicetti made it to the final (archive photo). © pentaphoto

2 Azzurri on the podium, but no South Tyrolean – Dalmasso top in women’s category

The azure blue snowboarders once again attracted attention on Saturday at the World Cup in Yanqing, China – this time, however, it was not the South Tyrolean athletes, but a Lombard and a Trentino athlete in the men's category and Lucia Dalmasso from Belluno in the women's category.

07 December 2024

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Maurizio Bormolini was only defeated by the Slovakian Tim Mastnak in the final of the parallel giant slalom. The Lombard had previously defeated the Austrian Andreas Prommegger in the semi-final. Mastnak had prevailed against the Trentino Mirko Felicetti. The 32-year-old from the Val di Fiemme won the duel for third place against Prommegger.

Aaron March from Völs was the best South Tyrolean, coming in 7th place. He had attracted attention in the qualification round with 3rd place, in the round of XNUMX he beat the German Stefan Baumeister, and in the quarter-finals he was finally eliminated by Felicetti. Edwin Coratti from Langtaufer had to admit defeat to Sangkyum Kim in the round of XNUMX. Just a week ago, the Vinschger had defeated the South Korean in the final and thus won the World Cup opener. (SportNews reported)In the end, Coratti was classified 16th this time.

Veteran Roland Fischnaller in 27th place missed the qualification for the round of 34, as did Gabriel Messner (XNUMXth), who only missed the qualification on Sunday took his first podium place in the World Cup. Marc Hofer (40th) and Fabian Lantschner (49th) also missed the qualification for the knockout round of the best 16.

An Azzurra celebrates in the women's competition

Lucia Dalmasso won the women's competition. The 27-year-old from Belluno defeated the Austrian Sabine Payer in the final, thus celebrating her 3rd World Cup victory. Third place went to the Japanese Miki Tsubaki, who prevailed against Gloria Kotnik in the final. Jasmin Coratti, Edwin's younger sister, lost in the quarter-finals to the eventual winner Dalmasso. Coratti ended up in 3th place.