Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) (AFP)
Very recovered, the Italian Federica Brignone sharply criticized the individual parallel race of the Alpine Skiing Worlds in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) on Tuesday and in particular the unfair nature of the format.
"It's the most unfair race of my life. We're at Worlds. It's not a race like any other. We were lost. Those who won did the job and won well. But there are plenty. athletes who have been disadvantaged. This half-second rule is unfair. This race is going to be difficult to digest. I said it was shit live on all the televisions, "said in the mixed zone the title holder of the big crystal globe.
Criticized repeatedly, the parallel format had been revised by the International Ski Federation (FIS) with the rule of elimination duels in two rounds ("run, re-run"), the skiers thus passing on both routes for more. equity.
Despite this, a blue route much slower than the red again created controversy on Tuesday, the delay taken by the loser of the first round being capped at 50/100 (when in reality it was often more important) before the second. round, a long-standing rule to maintain suspense.
"If the rules don't change, I'm never going to draw a parallel again," warned Brignone, eliminated in the quarter-finals by her compatriot Marta Bassino, future winner of the event tied with the Austrian Katharina Liensberger.
"We are not satisfied, even with the two-run rule the race was not fair, we have to work on these rules," admitted FIS Men's Race Director Markus Waldner late in the afternoon at the "captains' meeting" of the team event scheduled for Wednesday.
“The warm temperatures created this difficult situation (one track much faster than the other). It was not our idea, but it is so,” he added.
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