champion aksel and spindle putting himself in contention though he was picked by local star luke alibrandi me but it was compatriot davida simone chello who out of the crowds posting the best time in the final rounds to clinch the title his first victory of any kind for almost seven years. ok very yeah there's a morning but imagine that the person between laughter. is i believe. i'd like to push. every. i mean. with the straw feel with. the present. so as the italian champion look forward to christmas seventy thousand euros better off the upper a ski party really began up in the peaks of the italian alps colin bray r.t. . and finally to sochi where russia's speed skaters have been testing the ice and the organizers have been signing up new sponsors as russia prepares to host their first winter olympics michael has the latest. well it's only four in ten days now until the start of the sortie twenty fourteen winter olympic games and of course preparations are well underway the latest event to be held at the i spoke skating palace one of the specifically built venues for the games was the rus