And in the end, after three days of fighting against the windmills or rather against the terrible weather, the organizers of the last Speedf Skiing World Cup event in Vars, a recovery of the canceled one in Grandvalira, had to say enough. The weather is terrible on the Ella Foret Blanche ski area; It’s snowing, there’s strong winds and even more so there’s a maximum avalanche danger alert. So after having planned some postponement attempts following Monday’s test they decided to cancel, a cancellation which, frankly, seemed obvious in recent days given the French weather forecast. Therefore, after her fourth world championship Valentina Greggio also won her sixth world cup in S1, with 300 points and above all with a remarkable en plein: All the races were won by the champion from Verbano, who preceded Clea Martinez, second with 240 points. Starting from the assumption that the retirement of Britta Backlund has certainly removed a very strong opponent from circulation, it is equally true that Valentina won all the tests with a wide margin over her opponents, for her a season in which everything worked: the materials prepared by Dallara were good, good mental strength of an athlete who had great motivation to win. Six S1 world cups, one of Shd (i.e. the category preceding the maximum one, which is run with normal skis and suits without aerodynamic appendages), four S1 world titles and one of Shd, without forgetting the speed record that the Valentina could have improved in 2024 but the weather preferred differently. A champion of this specialty, to whom an applause and a handshake must be given: she deserves them.
