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17 Jan 2010

Interviews at the Ice Stadium

INTERVIEWS

FOR BENDLER IT WAS A VERY DIFFICOULT ROUTE

GRAFTIAUX’S WINNING WEAPON WAS CONCENTRATION

Markus Bendler surpasses his self and the extreme limits which the route setters placed in the final of the Ice Master World Cup 9th edition. The Austrian said: “ This year t was very hard. In isolation I was very nervous because I was frightened of the young in fit Korean Park Hee Yong. As soon as I saw the route and the more demanding stretches I was sure to be able to do it. I know hoe the Italian route setters work, so I expected a very difficult circuit. For this reason I’m doubly satisfied to be the only one climber who reached the top. It was a very demanding competition from the physical point of view. The last few metres were difficult and I had stiffen arms”.

Even if he placed second, Park Hee Yong is satisfied. He says: “To be so close to Bendler is like to have won for me. He is a great and high level champion. My dream is to win but in this moment I can only learn as much as I can from Bendler. There is Saas Fee competition to get closer to him. I’m satisfied for the result and in particular for being in, in a so important competition like the Daone Ice Master World Cup. I would to join it three years ago but I didn’t succeeded in it”.

It was a surprise for the final success of the Belgian Chloe Graftiaux : “ It was an unexpected result for me. I’m very happy for my first victory in my life. I haven’t decided yet how to celebrate it, but I’ll a big party. I think my winning weapon in Daone was the concentration and the determination. I was very nervous but this adrenalin got a positive element ”.

Stephanie Maureau, she was given the winner among women, had to give up in front of the freshness of the Belgian. She said: “She was fabulous. In Daone I suffered from the very long routes so I wasn’t in the right fit to face them. I’m satisfied because I put all my forces in the semi – finals and in the evening I pull my energy together and in the final I succeeded in placing on the podium. The trentina competition is a great event “.

Romolo Ghezzi, the chairman of the Committee, has a bright smile on his face: “ Lots of things make me satisfied of this edition. Everything was all right, starting from the public which was in a large number. We started good on Thursday with the open parade through the streets of the village. People took part to it in a large number, in particular thanks to the Fanfara.

The ice structure captured your attention at first sight, thanks to the volunteers who worked hard to built it. Moreover media were in a large number by comparison with the previous years”.

Maurizio Gallo commented the technical aspect: “ In the final there was the longest route ever for an ice climbing competition. I think that the discipline with Daone’s competition overcame every lead limit. The weather and temperatures helped us. For the first time we were live on Saturday for 2 hours on Rai. Then we got a summary on Sunday evening and the presence of Sky, one report on Mediaset. I think it’s the top “.

Attilio Munari ends the interview and said: “ We tried to set a new route because the technical level is more and more higher, which allows an hard selection among climbers. It wasn’t so easy set the max time of climbing. Our next challenge will be to set the route of the 10th Ice Master edition, which will be hosted on the new permanent structure. It will be like starting again” .