The Italian national team on a training session in Valle d’Aosta.

27 Italian national team athletes have been summoned for a collective training session a month before the beginning of the world championship.
The benning date of the Rollerski world championship scheduled from August 27th to September 1st on Cervino Mount is drawing near and the Italian athletes refine their technique with a collective training session on the tracks which within a month will host the world championship races. Starting from tonight, July 26th until Sunday, July 28th, the Italian Rollerski national team is on a training session to check the physical condition of its best athletes. The athletes who have been summoned by Pierluigi Papa, the Italian team trainer from Bologna, who starting from this season has been also appointed as federal technical director, are 15 men and 12 women coming from 7 Italian regions representing 12 sporting clubs and associations which deal with Rollerski.
Among women there are Martina Rigoni and Barbara Sartor from the historic association C.S. Bassano, last year Rollerski world cup winner Viviana Druidi from C.S. Forestale, the young Ombretta Rosa from CE.D.A.S. FIAT, Kezia D'incal, trainer Daniele’s daughter, from G.S. VVFF Belluno, from Bergano province, Erika Bettineschi from S.C. Angrogna together with Susy Pascal and Ester Ribolzi, Agnese Frigerio from S.C. Lissone, the very strong Mateja Bogatec and Mateja Paulina from S.D Mladina association and Giada Grivon the home athlete from S.C.C.M. Monte Cervino.
The men list starts with the national forest group athletes, the multi-medallist Alfio di Gregorio and the 2001 world cup winner Alberto Pertile, followed by Mirco Collavo from S.C. Gatto Delle Nevi and Omar Peruzzo from C.S. Bassano, with his team mates Roberto Ferracin and Emanuele Sbabo. From A.P. Tolmezzo, Pietro Filippin and Oscar Romanin, together with Andrea Stella from G.S. Caleppiovinil and 3 athletes from S.C. Angrogna, Eugenio Bianchi, Simone Butti and Simone Paredi. Stefano Cordoni from S.C. La Neve, Eros Sullini from S.D Mladina and Jules Pession from S.C.C.M. Monte Cervino close the list.
The training session program includes trials on Antey Saint André tracks (classical technique race prologue) and Chantillon track (sprint race) on Saturday morning, while in the afternoon the athletes will move to Saint Vincent for a trial on the Teamrace race track. On Sunday, they will check the pursuit race track in Breuil Cervinia.

The Athletes will stay at Cervino village in Antey St. André in Buisson.

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