France is golden medal in the Team Event
Feb 22, 2019·Alpine Skiing
The Marseillaise is in the air under the sky of Val di Fassa. The team event of the Fis Alpine Junior World Ski Championships ended with a surprising result, with the first three nations classified in the 2018 edition outside the podium area and the outsiders dominating the scene. Toasting was France, which, after having cleared Norway, vice-world champions, in the quarterfinals with an astonishing 4-0, reached the final, overtaking the United States 3-1 in the title challenge. The transalpine team thus won its first gold medal at the Fis Alpine Junior World Ski Championships, with Germany winning over Sweden in head-to-head for the bronze medal.
Under the spotlight of the Aloch Ski Stadium dressed up for the party, the team event gave two hours of great show, in the presence of an excellent audience, which saw many of the big names leaving the scene. Italy, which sided with Alex Vinatzer and Lara Della Mea, overtook Finland 4-0, but then came out in the quarter-finals against the United States. Austria, bronze in 2018, even came out in the round of 16 against Great Britain, while the Swiss and Norwegian champions and vice world champions (one of the favourites with the silver of the SuperG Braathen and the bronze of the giant Norbye) had to raise the white flag in the quarterfinals against Sweden and France respectively.
The gold medal was then conquered by Marie Lamure, Doriane Escane, Jeremie Lagier and Augustin Bianchini. For the transalpine team this is the second medal at the Fis Alpine Junior World Ski Championships in Val di Fassa, after the bronze medal won by Florian Loriot in the SuperG. For the American River Radamus, on the other hand, there was even the second medal in two days, this time silver after the gold of the SuperG, shared with A J Hurt, Katie Hensien and Benjamin Ritchie. First medal at the Fis Alpine Junior World Ski Championships for Germany, taken to the podium by Martina Willibald, Nikolaus Pfoederl, Martina Ostler and Fabian Himmelsbach.
Results: JWSC ATE
Release by JWSC Val di Fassa
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