Asiago plateau in Pyeongchang: Sergio Rigoni advantag e Nicola Tumolero will compete at the Winter Olympics 2018

In addition to the two athletes, also present the coach Peter Fridge, Nordic combined materials technician Luca Rigoni Andrea F.I.S.G. and President of Gios

TheAsiago plateau flies to Pyeongchang and does so with great fanfare: ben 5 the plateau's present at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018, which kicked off Thursday, 8 February 2018.

To bring up the name ofAltopiano dei Sette Comuni in South Korea will be athletes Sergio Rigoni and Nicola Tumolero, two talent advantag of cross country skiing and speed skating.

Not least, the involvement of three other advantag, which will support the Italian athletes at these Olympics: the coach Peter Fridge, Nordic combined materials technician Luca Rigoni and the President of F.I.S.G. Andrea Gios, former player ofAsiago Hockey.

The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics will surely be another page to add to the history of the great sport of the Asiago plateau, which confirms, once again, the great sporting vocation and competitive spirit of its people.

Come on guys, Asiago.it and all the plateau are with you! You are our pride! 

PYEONGCHANG 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS ATHLETES ADVANTAG

SERGIO RIGONI

Fiamme Oro athlete born in Asiago in 1986, in the upcoming Winter Olympics will face the Skiathlon (15 km classical + 15 km Freestyle) and 15 km free technique

The winter sport of Sergio is the cross country skiing, which he could practice as a boy among the enchanting landscapes of what many considered the paradise of Italian Nordic skiing— theAsiago plateau.
With great humility, determination and professionalism, Sergio over the years has grown significantly as an athlete, to begin in the racing world title last year, when the World Championships Lahti 2017 was ranked 46 output on the 50 km TL MS and 45 º in the Skiathlon 15 km + 15 km.
In his palmares, also many other results:

• Italian champion U12 individual and relay (Year 1999)
• Italian champion category Students individual and relay (Year 2001),
• Italian champion category Aspirants in relay race (Year 2003)
• 2° classificato Italian Championship aspirants, 15 km. Freestyle, (year 2003)
• 2° classified Junior Championships, SPRINT, (year 2005)
• He participated in the 2006 World Junior Championships in Kranj, Slovenia,
• Italian champion Under-23, 15 km. classical technique, (year 2009)
• 2° classified Under 23 Championships, SPRINT, (year 2009)
• 2° classificato Italian Championships, TEAM SPRINT, with Renato Pasini (year 2009)
• World Cup: 66° Valdidentro (Ita) (year 2009)
• Italian champion Absolute category in relay race (Year 2011)
• Italian champion Absolute category in relay race (Year 2016),
• Winner of the last two editions of the Copa Italy.
• 2° place in the ALPEN CUP (year 2017)
• World Cup: 64° 15 km TC PU-77° 15 km TL-Dobbiaco (Ita)-56° 15 km TC-Planica (Slo)-( 2017-2018)

And now the Olympics.

Photo Sergio Rigoni from http://www.pyeongchang2018.coni.it/it/home/azzurri.html

NICHOLAS TUMOLERO

Born in Asiago in 1994, even Nicola Tumolero is an athlete Golden flames, inserted into the Olympic Club.

At the age of 6 years, his parents enrolled him at the company "Roan Ice Sports" to experience the discipline of ice skating and Nicholas was for true love. Since then his passion for speed skating grew exponentially, as well as increased his extraordinary talent.

Before long, Nicola managed to get noticed as a great athlete, achieving significant results:

World Championships/World Championships

• 2015 Heerenveen (Ned)-5° Team Pursuit
• 2016 Berlin (Ger)-17° Allround
• 2016 Kolomna (Rus)-11°-4° Mass Start Team Pursuit
• 2017 Gangneung (Kor)-6° Team Pursuit-13° 5000 m-23° 1500 m
• 2017 Hamar (Nor)-16° Allround

European Championships/European Championships

• 2016 Minsk (Blr)-14° Allround
• 2017 Heerenveen (Ned)-9° Allround
• 2018 Kolomna (Rus)-1° 5000 m Team Pursuit-5° 6°-1500 m

World Cup/World Cup
Final/Final Ranking

• 2014/2015-52° 5000/10,000 m-15° Mass Start
• 2015/2016-27° 5000/10,000 m-25° Mass Start
• 2015/2016-36° 1500 m-5000 m 13°

2017-2018 World Cup/World Cup 2017-2018

• 16° 1500 m div. B-6° to-6° 5000 m Team Pursuit div. v Heerenveen (Ned)
• 10° 1500 m div. B-5° 10,000 m div. to-Stavanger (Nor)
• 6° to-4° 5000 m Team Pursuit div.-Calgary (Can)
• 11° 1500 m div. B-4° 5000 m div. 2° to-Team Pursuit – Salt Lake City (Usa)
• 17° 1500 m 5000 m-2° div. div. to-Erfurt (Ger)

Personal records/Personal records

• 500-12/37 "05.03.2016/Berlin (Ger)
• 1000-1 ' 11 "22/20.10.2017/Inzell (Ger)
• 1500-1 ' 47 ' 30/25.11.2017/Calgary (Can)
• 5000-6 ' 07 "50/10.12.2017/Salt Lake City (Usa)
• 11/13 ' 02 "10,000-19.11.2017/Stavanger (Nor)

Photo Nicholas Tumolero from http://www.pyeongchang2018.coni.it/it/home/azzurri.html

Where to WATCH the RACES of the OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES PYEONGCHANG 2018

In Pale, the main races of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018 will be broadcast on Rai 2 and Rai Sport, for a total of 100 hours of racing. The contents offered by Rai will be accessible also via streaming through the site and the Rai Play apps and on the site of Rai Sport.

A higher coverage is offered by Eurosport, which instead is planning 4000 hours of coverage and 900 hours of direct, highlights and insights. Eurosport channels are accessible to anyone who has subscribed to Sky and Mediaset Premium on demand service or Eurosport Player.