World Cup, Casse wins the Val Gardena super-giant

CASSE: “A RESULT THAT COMES FROM A FAR”
“It’s a result that comes from afar, in a career of ups and downs. The sport has changed in recent years, age has gotten longer. I’m working well, I feel like a youngster and as long as it lasts, let’s keep going.” This was stated by a beaming Mattia Casse, who at 34 years old won his first world cup race. “It wasn’t easy today. Max Carca during the reconnaissance told me to believe it, that these were my ideal conditions. It was exactly like this: in Val Gardena the conditions change quickly and Goldberg made me tremble but today the cents gave me reason”. “It’s all very exciting – continues Casse – and I want to enjoy this moment, but tomorrow there’s another race, in a very long season. I’ve improved a lot and it shows, but I think I can be even more solid. Then – he underlines – I think today is an excellent result for the whole team. The team is there and I am convinced that we will have fun in the winter.” The victory in Val Gardena comes after 15 years of cup competitions, “a fairly long career so far, because I started early, in 2009 in Bormio. Then a series of ups and downs. I had several injuries that left me with seven screws in the joints, in addition to the shoulder fracture, but I was good at not giving up, even if at one moment I was on the verge of doing so.”