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[Swede]

Swedish women recieive French enforcement. 22 year old Estelle Allphand (Luc Allphand's daughter) who has a Swedish mother, choses to race for Sweden next season. She'll be joining training squad 2 (B-team). Will be fun!

 

[Tricia]

Just looked up the translated version of this story
Cool stuff!

The daughter of the former French ski star, Olympic youth champion in 2012, will ski for Sweden. Bad news for the French team.


Estelle Alphand, the daughter of Luc last French winner of the overall classification of the World Cup before winning the Dakar in particular, decided to go to Sweden, the country of his mother. Considered one of the greatest hopes of French skiing, it is very bad news for the French Federation that is looking to rebuild a France women's team behind Tessa Worley, the double world champion. This departure is the result of a clandestine conflict between the Alphand and the FFS.


The FFS announced the news in a very diplomatic statement: "The French Ski Federation and the Swedish Federation have agreed to the request of Estelle Alphand, member of the French team of Alpine skiing, to compete for Sweden next season, his dual nationality allowing it. Estelle has benefited from all the means necessary to achieve the objectives that it has set itself and today feels the need to put in place a new project, a new challenge. "


Flag bearer of the tricolor delegation at the Youth Olympic Winter Games in 2012, Estelle Alphand won the super-G title at only 17 years old. Since then, she has been struggling to make a comeback between injuries and round trips between the World Cup (27 starts for a 21st-place giant as a best result) and the European Cup, the lower level. But everyone agrees that the daughter of "Lucho" has a sacred character, gold in the feet and in the genes. Last winter, Nils, Estelle's little brother, became the world junior super-G champion, thirty-four years after his father. For now, there is no question that Nils ski for the Swedes ...

 

[Philpug]

I immediately thought of The Faces when I saw the title...

 

[Karl B]

@Philpug , you are really showing your age.

 

[Philpug]

@Philpug , you are really showing your age.

Actually...I recalled it from the movie Rushmore, wes ANDERSON used it in the closing scene...

 

[Wolfski]

I immediately thought of The Faces when I saw the title...

I thought of this

 

[ScotsSkier]

Just looked up the translated version of this story
Cool stuff!

The daughter of the former French ski star, Olympic youth champion in 2012, will ski for Sweden. Bad news for the French team.


Estelle Alphand, the daughter of Luc last French winner of the overall classification of the World Cup before winning the Dakar in particular, decided to go to Sweden, the country of his mother. Considered one of the greatest hopes of French skiing, it is very bad news for the French Federation that is looking to rebuild a France women's team behind Tessa Worley, the double world champion. This departure is the result of a clandestine conflict between the Alphand and the FFS.


The FFS announced the news in a very diplomatic statement: "The French Ski Federation and the Swedish Federation have agreed to the request of Estelle Alphand, member of the French team of Alpine skiing, to compete for Sweden next season, his dual nationality allowing it. Estelle has benefited from all the means necessary to achieve the objectives that it has set itself and today feels the need to put in place a new project, a new challenge. "


Flag bearer of the tricolor delegation at the Youth Olympic Winter Games in 2012, Estelle Alphand won the super-G title at only 17 years old. Since then, she has been struggling to make a comeback between injuries and round trips between the World Cup (27 starts for a 21st-place giant as a best result) and the European Cup, the lower level. But everyone agrees that the daughter of "Lucho" has a sacred character, gold in the feet and in the genes. Last winter, Nils, Estelle's little brother, became the world junior super-G champion, thirty-four years after his father. For now, there is no question that Nils ski for the Swedes ...

Hmm. Dual nationality ...but dual gender as well???

 

[Swede]

SS, I think what they are trying to say is that her little brother Nils will ski for Sweden as well.

 

[no edge]

Actually...I recalled it from the movie Rushmore, wes ANDERSON used it in the closing scene...

Well that got me fired up.