At the start the ski championships of the alpine troops

27/01/14

It will be Mara Zini, major corporal chosen by the Alpini under the Army Sports Center of Courmayeur and winner of a bronze medal in the short track at the XX ^ Winter Olympics (Turin 2006), to turn on the tripod in Piazza Mercato in Sestriere this afternoon. in fact the beginning of the great winter event; after almost twenty years the championships leave Alto Adige to arrive in Val Susa, thus rediscovering their original spirit of a traveling event.

To open the competitions will be an off-program: a giant of the FIS European Cup for women, canceled in Kvitfjell (Norway) and recovered at the request of the FISI in the context of these championships. At the opening ceremony, which will begin at 15: 00 with the parade of the participating athletes and delegations (web live on the websites of the Army and the National Alpine Association), the highest military posts in the country and numerous civil authorities are awaited. Born in the 1931 with the aim of assessing the level of training achieved by the individual departments of the Alpine troops through a fierce competition, the Alpine Troop Skiing Championships represent today an increasingly important meeting and international meeting point open to all Army Units and numerous foreign representatives (this year will be present 13 Countries foreigners and numerous international NATO commands).

Source: Alpine Troops Command