(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 18 - Second victory of the season, and 15 in career, for Michela Moioli in the women's snowboard cross world cup.
The reigning Olympic champion dominated on the Austrian track of Reiteralm, where she preceded in the final four the American Lindsey Jacobellis, the French Chloe Trespeuch and the other blue Raffaella Brutto.
Today's success allows the Bergamo-based CentroSportivo Esercito to return to the top of the general classification with 250 points ahead of the Czech Eva Samkova with 205, third is the French Faye Gulini with 186. "It was a beautiful day, with a good race - the words of the Olympian -. I knew I could do well, I faced one run after another with a match and decision. Now I will try to defend this championship from now to the end of the season, starting with the next stage in Georgia. "
In the men's field, the Austrian with South Tyrolean mother Alessandro Haemmerle won against the Spanish Lucas Eguibar and the American Mick Dierdorff.
Fifth and out in the semifinals Omar Visintin.
In the ranking of the cup Haemmerle rises to 220 points against the 162 of the Canadian Grondin.
The next appointment is set for March 4 in Bakuriani, Georgia.
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