“Happy to have confirmed my achievement during this atypical ascent!“exclaims skier Delphine Claudel. A second podium in his career! La Bressaude reproduces its performance, performed in the same Italian Alps, just a year ago. This Tuesday, January 4, the cross-country skier took third place in the mass start of Val di Fiemme Cross-Country Skiing World Cup (Italy), last stage of the Tour de ski, won by Russian Natalia Nepryaeva.
The 25-year-old skier has “snatched“for this race.”A rather violent physical and mental effort“, she sums up a few hours before the race. The cross-country skier, from La Bresse is “proud“to have been able to create the gap, by putting a serious boost to a little more than two kilometers from the summit.
Weapons for the 2022 Winter Olympics
” I am happy to have been able to go back on this box, I hope one day to be able to climb on another box … elsewhere than here.“And why not Beijing? One month from Winter Olympics, which will take place in the Chinese capital, Delphine Claudel has every reason to believe. Since this summer, she is preparing for it. The official Olympic selection will be unveiled at the end of January, a few days before the launch, the February 4, 2022 of international competition.