Maria Canins: “I, the tours, cross -country skiing and …”

She is a woman. Meanwhile, she has recently turned 76 years old, but none of these two facts has ever constituted a limit for Maria Canins. In addition, Unbridled, indomitable, irreducible, he did everything he wanted, “sincerely even more”. In addition, And among what he wanted there was not necessarily winning. “I also had fun losing. I said to myself: I do this and see in the end the finish line what he says.” What he says: first Italian athlete to win the legendary vasaloppet. and always in cross -country skiing ten times in a row first in the Marcialonga; Two Tour de France, a maria canins: “i, tours, cross Giro d’Italia and the gold in the 50 km in teams at the Renix World Championships, in 1988. In 1982 it was tricolor in four sports: cross -country skiing, road cycling, mountain running and skiroll. He won two World Cup in MTB, in ’97 and ’99 he was also worldwide world championship. He has just returned from a walk to the mountains, but not two steps. “I arrived at 2050 meters of the Gardenacia refuge, up there there is a beautiful panorama. I wanted to climb to 2600 but there were clouds and I preferred to return.” At La Villa, in Alta Badia, her house has always been, she who has been Ladina for six generations. Before getting married he worked in a hotel. “I made the dishwasher, I peeled potatoes, and then the cook, the room waitress. I put some contributions away. I poured the others, I got a maria canins: “i, tours, cross pension.”