Giuliano Razzoli, the (Olympic) experience counts: in Beijing with a dream

It was January 6, 2010 when a young man Giuliano Razzoli, at the time 25, he took his first win in World Cup. A success that testified to its excellent state of formso much so that the following month, at the Winter Games of Vancouverclimbed to the top step of the podium, bringing back in Italy the Olympic gold in slalom twenty-two years after that of Alberto Tomba. A script that the blue athlete, back from the last encouraging results, wants to try to rewrite a Beijing 2022.

Yes, because the Rocket – just like twelve years ago – arrives at the most important appointment galvanized by a exploit: last January 16th, on the occasion of the special slalom of Wengensurprisingly took third place, establishing the new record of older athlete get on the podium in the World Cup in such specialty. Thirty-seven years old, of which the last six to total fasting of podiums: the last one, in fact, dated back to January 2016, right on that same track, in Switzerland.

The recent races in Austria, a Kitzbuhel And Schladmingwhere is the Rocket he played excellent first heattrying to push into the second to aim for the step higher. Here is how it will turn out between the Chinese stakes it is difficult to predict, for sure the champion of Reggio Emilia is fine and will try the coup: “I’ve always said my dream was to go back to the Olympics,” he said in a recent interview with SportMediaset‘But to be here it’s not enough for me“.

«You don’t go to the Games just for participate, but to try to bring home something important. And I feel of have a chance», Added Razzoli, who four years ago a Pyeongchang he had not been summoned because of some physical problems, above all the rupture of the knee ligament in 2016. «In my career, if I hadn’t had many injuries, maybe I could have won more. But probably today I would have already stopped to compete because I would not have had this desire for redemption“.

A spring that – hope the blue people – could lead him to fight for a medal. «I’m here after a complex path which gives me energy and confidence », Giuliano concluded, supported by his girlfriend Eleonoraby the sisters Margherita Pizza And Giordanafrom dad Antonio and – above all – from mother Tiziana, who gets so excited during the race that she can’t follow it live. Maybe, this time, he’ll even set the alarm so as not to miss one of the slaloms most important of the child’s career.

«In the last few races I felt close to the tops and it was important that this happen before the Olympics because it gives me a different awareness. On the other hand – although it may seem absurd – I feel that now I am expressing my best skiing, I’ve always dreamed of skiing like this ». From dream to dream, another could happen in Beijing.