BEIJING. New feat for Giacomo Bertagnolli and Andrea Ravelli in the vision impaired giant slalom at the Beijing 2022 Paralympics. For the blue couple it is the second silver of the Chinese five-wheel event and the third overall podium.
“Unfortunately, the gold medal is missing – underlines Bertagnolli, 23-year-old skier from Trentino of the Fiamme Gialle, blue flag bearer in China – We played two good heats but they did better, you can’t always want everything, we’ll take it as a lesson for the future , it means that something was wrong. It is still a silver medal and we must not complain. From here we have to start again to get the gold back. I have improved a lot but the others have done like me if not more. With Aigner it will be a the battle lasts from here to Milan Cortina. Races are won if you go all the way: now head to the slalom, where we want to do well “.
In the standing category men’s slalom, fourth place for Federico Pelizzari, 21st for Davide Bendotti.