It does not appear as a reserve, but the reasons for his arrival have not been clarified. Probable its use in the Super-G on Tuesday
Mattia Casse is in Beijing. The blue downhill skier and supergiant, excluded in the selection of the seven called up for Beijing, arrived in China in the morning with the Olympic flight that left Milan on Thursday. He will reside for a couple of nights in the capital, then he is expected to move to the Olympic village of Yanqing. It does not appear to have come as a reserve. Casse will not participate in Sunday’s descent: the only possibility granted by the IOC for an entry into the race, without having been present in the race list of the first test (which took place today, Thursday), is to replace a teammate who had a positive result in the race. Covid. Instead, it is likely to be used in super-G on Tuesday. At the moment, the reason that led to the blue call at the last minute has not been clarified, if it is, for example, an extra place jumped out after the controversy of recent days on “easy” qualifying matches or the reallocation of a share. freed by a skier from another country.
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