JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS KICKS OFF: LIVIGNO WELCOMES TOMORROW'S CHAMPIONS, WITH AN EYE ON THE HOME GAMES

(String: {%- set hs_blog_post_body -%} {%- set in_blog_post_body = true -%} <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_post_body" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="meta_field" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text" ><p>Big party in Little Tibet, the home of freestyle, with the Opening Ceremony, music by Dj Antoine and dreams of greatness by baby prodigy Flora Tabanelli<br><!--more--></p> <p>Livigno, 25.03.2024 - If one sees a good day in the morning, one can expect a very <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">special</span> week in the Mottolino snowpark for a Junior World Cup that promises, indeed, <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">sparks</span>. 200 athletes, almost equally distributed between freestyle and snowboard have peacefully invaded <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Livigno</span>, bringing with them all the future ambitions typical of budding champions and the desire to <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">dream </span>big. A true feast of Nations, with the arrival in the Little Tibet of many different teams, both in terms of history and number of athletes, perfectly in line with the inclusive and engaging <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">culture</span> that has always characterised the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">freestyle</span> scene. From the traditionally most important federations, such as <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Canada</span>, the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">United States</span>, <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">France</span> and <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Norway</span>, to the expeditions of sportingly emerging countries, which arrived in the resort with small groups but full of passion, such as <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Iceland</span>, <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Ukraine</span> or<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Thailand</span>.</p> <p>26 <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">nationalities</span> will be represented, with young athletes aged between<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> 14 and 18 years old</span>, who will give life to an edition of the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Junior Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships</span> that seems destined to remain in the collective imagination, not only for the people of Livigno but also for the main protagonists on the track, some of whom will <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">probably</span> return to the snows of <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Little Tibet </span>in less than two years, when they will be awaited by the appointment with a capital A, the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Five Circles</span>, called Milan Cortina 2026. And among those who are looking forward both to this intermediate stage and to the great final objective, there is certainly <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Flora Tabanelli</span>, a rising star of the Italian sport, already twice gold medallist at the<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Youth Olympic Games</span> and reigning Junior World Champion: a force of nature, who with the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">creativity</span> of her evolutions, her technical <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">awareness </span>and the simplicity of her smile is doing<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> important things</span> even among the big ones, in her debut season. Great expectations, therefore, for her, part of the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Livigno Team</span>, who for the occasion will sport a new helmet, and who yesterday, during the Opening Ceremony, did not hide her excitement for the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">prospect</span> of competing at home.<br><br>The Opening Ceremony was a success in terms of <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">participation</span> and entertainment, with the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">flag-bearers' parade</span>, the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Bersaglieri</span> parade, and the institutional speeches that <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">officially</span> kicked off the event: a party crowned by the enthralling <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">DJ Antoine</span>'s DJ set, the star of Livigno's nightlife, who made the whole Piazza del Comune dance to the rhythm of his hits. In the meantime, however, the competitions have already got into full swing, with the<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> slopestyle</span> qualifications, run to determine the finalists who will compete for the world title, on<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Tuesday 26th</span>. First podiums will then be celebrated, again in Piazza del Comune, again on Tuesday evening, a special occasion where it will also be possible to meet the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">champions</span> of the Livigno Team, awaited by the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">embrace</span> of their <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 300;">community</span>. The second prize-giving day, instead, is scheduled for <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Saturday 30</span>, when the winners of the Big Air will be on the podium. A really <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">dense</span> week full of unmissable appointments and glances at the near future that awaits Livigno. And a week that will be lived also through<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Casa Italia</span>, present in Aquagranda with CONI, and through the words of Dario Puppo and his guests, live every day from 5pm to 6pm, from a special studio in the centre of the village, and available online on <a href="https://www.neveitalia.it/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Neveitalia</a>, <a href="https://www.oasport.it/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">OA Sport</a>, <a href="https://www.mylivigno.tv/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">MyLivignoTv</a> and the social channels of Livigno.</p>{{ include_custom_fonts({"Livigno":["Regular","Medium","Light","Bold Italic","Bold","Black","Thin","Medium Italic"]}) }}</span> {%- endset -%} {%- set hs_blog_post_summary -%} <p>Big party in Little Tibet, the home of freestyle, with the Opening Ceremony, music by Dj Antoine and dreams of greatness by baby prodigy Flora Tabanelli<br></p> {%- endset -%} {%- blog_post_data_wall_wrapper body={{hs_blog_post_body}}, summary={{hs_blog_post_summary}} %})