Skiing, Elena Curtoni abandons her crutches. Goggia trains in Ponte di Legno

Milan, 3 January 2023 - It will still take time, but Elena Curtoni works hard to return as soon as possible from the injury suffered in St. Moritz on 8 December during the women's super-giant. For Curtoni, a compound bone fracture of the sacrum and an injury to the semitendinosus. After almost a month, the Valtellina native was able to abandon her crutches and completed the rehabilitation phase in the water: now further checks at the Fisi Medical Commission to define the steps towards returning to competitive activity. For the moment Curtoni he will be able to start working on larger loads again and his return seems to be getting closer. It should be remembered that Elena came close to winning the super-G world cup last year and is one of the top skiers in the speed division of the pink avalanche.  

Goggia in Ponte di Legno, Brignone sul Zoncolan

In the meantime, Curtoni's companions are working towards the next stages. The speed team resumes preparation today in view of the next commitments at Passo San Pellegrino from 3 to 10 January with Nicol Delago, Nadia Delago, Teresa Runggaldier and Elena Dolmen. Who will be competing first is the multi-purpose team on the track on 6 and 7 January, the Kranjska Gora stage with giant slalom and special slalom. The slalom giant slalom athletes are preparing at the Zoncolan, starting from 2 January training with Martina Peterlini, Marta Rossetti, Anita Gulli, Lara Della Mea, Beatrice Sola, Lucrezia Lorenzi and Vera Tschurtschenthaler on one side and Roberta Melesi, Laura Pirovano, Marta bassino, Asja Zenere, Elisa Platino and Federica Brignone on the other. Different location for Sofia goggia, who should only take part in the giant slalom: the Bergamo native will work in Ponte di Legno until January 4th before moving to Slovenia.

Males are also at work

The men will also be competing over the weekend with the historic stage of adelboden and also in this case with giant slalom and slalom. The men's slalom group trains in Valgrisenche (Ao) from 2 to 5 January with Alex Vinatzer, Tobias Kastlunger, Thomas Sala, Simon Maurberger, Stefano Gross, Giuliano Razzoli, Corrado Barbera and Matteo Canins, while in Pontedilegno there are the gigantists until January 4th with Giovanni Borsotti, Luca De Aliprandini, Philip Of The Vine, Giovanni Franzoni, Hannes Zingerle and Simon Talacci. The jet men, however, await the Kitzbuhel stage in mid-January and train on the La Volata track until January 6th: Mattia present Casse, Ncolo' Molteni, Florian Schieder, Pietro Zazzi, Benjamin Alliod, Guglielmo Bosca and Dominik Paris. On 6 and 7 January, as mentioned, stages in Kranjska Gora and Adelboden for the resumption of the World Cup after Bormio and Lienz, all live on the Raisport and Eurosport/Discovery Plus channels. Read also - Serious injury in training for Giacomo Nizzolo MANUEL MINGUZZI