First victory for Paris on the Saslong, third hurray of the season for Brignone in Val d’Isère. What a weekend for the white circus!
DOWNHILL SPRINT (Recovery Zermatt/Cervinia) Men – Oops!.. I Did It Again: it’s the perfect summary of the first race in Val Gardena. Bryce Bennett has done it again! The American giant wins the second race of his career, again on Bedroom, where he triumphed in 2021. This time the insult is to the detriment of Source, who was already anticipating his fourth success in Val Gardena. The victory of yankee it arrives at the moment when the sun overlooks the ”Ciaslàt”, the most difficult part of the track. As soon as visibility increases the ranking is upset: Paris, Broken e Innerhofer they all slipped out of the top 10. The shortest race resulted in minimal gaps: the podium was within just five hundredths of a second, while 31 athletes were included within a second.
SUPER G Male – Kriechmayr cala il tris! Third seal of the multiple Austrian champion in Val Gardena, victory number seventeen in the World Cup. Followed by his compatriot Hemetsberger and the champion Odermatt. Solo 0.03” separate Kriechmay da Odermattwho nevertheless achieved his second consecutive podium on the Bedroom. The Italians are recovering: Casse 8th and Bosca 10th are well aware of the pitfalls of the ”Cut it out”which compromised the competition of many athletes. As explained to the RAI microphones by the former Italian player Matteo Marsaglia: ”To tackle Ciaslàt you also need a bit of luck. The bumps become unpredictable depending on the speed, landing one meter earlier or one meter later means losing the race”.
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Men’s Downhill Downhill – Paris returns giant! Domme is king on the Saslong for the first time, a track that has been very adverse to him over the years (3rd only in 2014). A victory that has enormous value not only for the Merano native, who defeats his ghosts, but also for our national team. Do you remember Ghedina and the roe deer in 2004? That it was the last victory of an Italian in Val Gardena. The Merano native makes his treasure before the fearsome Ciaslàt, tackled with religious zeal, and then unleashes the jet engines on the final wall, stripping the paint Source e Bennett in a clash of titans. If the Norwegian remains empty-handed, the American can be very satisfied with the Italian trip. Good too Broken which, with the same time as Odermattand 7° ex-equally.
Women’s Downhill Downhill – Flury and Hählen make Switzerland dreamit’s a red-cross double on the Pillow-Killy. Jasmine Flury, Gold medalist at Méribel 2023, finds his second World Cup success on the French snow. In Valley of Isere Switzerland increases the dose, with Joana Hählen which comes just 0.22” from his first career success. Austrian ”Conny” Huetter’s form continues, protagonist of a second youth at the age of 32. The Styrian scores another podium and begins to put pressure on Sofia Goggia for the specialty cup. Braveheart she competed debilitated by the flu, not getting beyond 4th place, while Brignone finished 8th. If Switzerland celebrates the lead in the Nations Cup – a competition which brings together all the points scored by the athletes in their respective disciplines – Canada must deal with the terrible injury for Stefanie Fleckenstein. The 26-year-old falls right at the finish line with a tremendous twist in her left knee: the images of her make the blood run cold in her veins.
SUPER G Women – Goggia and Brignone never stop! Another double for the Italian athletes, a very important victory for Brignone who is approaching Shiffrin in the general classification. The American is 63rd by virtue of her and also her sensational exit from the race Lara Good, all contenders for the podium. Podium which instead saw the Norwegian Vickhoff-Lie come between our athletes on second place, 0.44” from Brignone. Goggia, however, once again demonstrated her mettle by finishing third, 0.59” behind her national teammate despite the flu syndrome. Dating before Christmas will see men on the Big Laughter on the 17th and 18th before the slalom in Campiglio on the 22nd. The women remain in France but can catch their breath before the slalom in Courchevel on Thursday 21st.
2023-12-18 18:00:00
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