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9.41 Marta Bassino continues to struggle this year and finishes sixth at 1.02. The track could also start to take its toll… Let’s now see the Swedish Sara Hector.
9.40 At the first intermediate stage Marta Bassino is already 28 hundredths behind. You can see that she is not confident.
9.39 We start again in a minute.
9.39 Race interrupted to fix a door.
9.37 Shiffrin disappoints and is last at 98 cents! The American remained too attached to the edges on snow that needs to be caressed. Today, barring miracles, she will not win! It’s Marta Bassino’s turn.
9.37 At the first intermediate Shiffrin is 0.07 behind, at the second 0.44, incredible!
9.36 Very short ranking. Gut-Behrami is third just 15 hundredths behind Vlhova. What a match…Let’s see if Mikaela Shiffrin will give the blow.
9.35 At the first intermediate Gut-Behrami has the same time as Vlhova, at the second he is ahead by 0.08.
9.34 Grenier loses a lot and finishes third at 0.35. Vlhova was lightning in the final part. Now an important moment for the specialty ranking: it’s the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami’s turn.
9.33 Grenier ahead by 0.08 at the first reading and 0.30 at the second.
9.32 Vlhova takes the lead with just 2 cents on Federica Brignone. The Slovakian made her power count in the final part of the track. It’s the turn of Canadian Valerie Grenier.
9.31 At the first intermediate Vlhova pays 22 cents, at the second always the same gap.
9.31 56″57 Federica Brignone’s time. It felt like a really good run. Just a small mistake in the final part, 1-2 tenths. It’s raining a lot. It’s Petra Vlhova’s turn.
9.30 The giant of Kranjska Gora has started. Federica Brignone on the track.
9.28 Federica Brignone is ready at the starting gate.
9.27 Visibility is clearly not ideal, the light is really flat.
9.25 Mikaela Shiffrin boasts two victories in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, obtained in 2018 and 2023. We know that the month of January is the one in which the American usually reaches her peak in form and definitively sets her sights on conquest of the overall World Cup.
9.23 It’s still drizzling in Kranjska Gora. The conditions are really difficult, the track could get very damaged.
9.22 Sofia Goggia returns after several years to the second subgroup and will start with bib no. 11.
9.21 Marta Bassino boasts two victories in Kranjska Gora, both obtained in 2021.
9.20 The giant slalom World Cup ranking:
1. Federica Brignone (Italy) 400
2. Lara Gut (Switzerland) 365
3. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 320
4. Petra Vlhova (Slovakia) 247
5. Sara Hector (Sweden) 232
6. Valerie Grenier (Canada) 203
7. Alice Robinson (New Zealand) 160
8. Sofia Goggia (Italy) 138
9. Zrinka Ljutic (Croatia) 118
10. Marta Bassino (Italy) 117
9.19 The overall World Cup ranking:
1. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 900
2. Federica Brignone (Italy) 637
3. Petra Vlhova (Slovakia) 572
4. Lara Gut (Switzerland) 469
5. Sofia Goggia (Italy) 428
6. Sara Hector (Sweden) 378
7. Michelle Gisin (Switzerland) 310
8. Lena Duerr (Germania) 270
9. Cornelia Huetter (Austria) 240
10. Valerie Grenier (Canada) 221
9.18 In 2023 Federica Brignone took a fourth and a second place in Kranjska Gora. The Italian was second even way back in 2012. However, she has never won.
9.16 For Federica Brignone, bib no. 1 can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the advantage of having an untouched track with no marks on the ground; on the other hand, however, you will have no references and you will not know the pitfalls of Podkoren.
9.15 There will be 9 Italians competing. The starting bibs: 1 Federica Brignone, 6 Marta Bassino, 11 Sofia Goggia, 27 Roberta Melesi, 33 Asja Zenere, 37 Elisa Platino, 44 Ilaria Ghisalberti, 45 Lara Della Mea, 63 Laura Pirovano.
9.14 The first heat was drawn by Giorgio Pavoni, Italy’s coach.
9.13 The startlist of the first fraction:
1 297601 BRIGNONE Federica 1990 ITA Rossignol
2 705423 VLHOVA Petra 1995 SVK Rossignol
3 107613 GRENIER Valerie 1996 CAN Rossignol
4 516138 GUT-BEHRAMI Lara 1991 SUI Head
5 6535237 SHIFFRIN Mikaela 1995 USA Atomic
6 299276 BASSINO Marta 1996 ITA Salomon
7 506399 HECTOR Sara 1992 SWE Head
8 435334 GASIENICA-DANIEL Maryna 1994 POL Atomic
9 426193 STJERNESUND Thea Louise 1996 NOR Rossignol
10 426100 HOLTMANN Mina Fuerst 1995 NOR Atomic
11 298323 GOGGIA Sofia 1992 ITA Atomic
12 425929 MOWINCKEL Ragnhild 1992 NOR Head
13 415232 ROBINSON Alice 2001 NZL Salomon
14 56392 GRITSCH Franziska 1997 AUT Head
15 539909 MOLTZAN Paula 1994 USA Rossignol
16 516284 GISIN Michelle 1993 SUI Salomon
17 56416 SCHEIB Julia 1998 AUT Rossignol
18 385116 LJUTIC Zrinka 2004 CRO Rossignol
19 565401 BUCIK Ana 1993 SLO Salomon
20 56388 LIENSBERGER Katharina 1997 AUT Rossignol
21 56217 BRUNNER Stephanie 1994 AUT Atomic
22 197651 DIREZ Clara 1995 FRA Dynastar
23 56174 HAASER Ricarda 1993 AUT Fischer
24 56199 KAPPAURER Elisabeth 1994 AUT Head
25 6536392 HURT A.J. 2000 USA Head
26 805009 CORNERS Lara 2006 WHITE Blizzard
27 299383 THANK YOU Roberta 1996 STONE Dynastar
28 516562 RAST Camille 1999 SUI Head
29 516283 ELLENBERGER Andrea 1993 SUI Nordica
30 197616 ALPHAND Estelle 1995 SWE Head
31 516248 FLURY Jasmine 1993 SUI Kaestle
32 108461 RICHARDSON Britt 2003 CAN Dynastar
33 299363 ZENERE Asja 1996 ITA Salomon
34 507011 LOEVBLOM Hilma 2000 SWE Head
35 516528 MEILLARD Melanie 1998 SUI Rossignol
36 108077 GRAY Cassidy 2001 CAN Atomic
37 6295186 PLATINO Elisa 1999 ITA Head
38 435432 LUCZAK Magdalena 2001 POL Atomic
39 405138 JELINKOVA Adriana 1995 CZE Voelkl
40 426324 MONSEN Marte 2000 NOR Rossignol
41 565491 DVORNIK Neja 2001 SLO Fischer
42 426187 LYSDAHL Kristin 1996 NOR Rossignol
43 185475 PYKALANEN Erika 2001 FIN Atomic
44 6295352 GHISALBERTI Ilaria 2000 ITA Head
45 6295075 OF MEA Lara 1999 ITA Fischer
46 516574 HAERRI Vivianne 1999 SUI Stoeckli
47 56315 TRUPPE Katharina 1996 AUT Voelkl
48 56517 ASTNER Nina 2000 AUT Fischer
49 565463 SLOKAR Andreja 1997 SLO Nordica
50 56550 HOERHAGER Lisa 2001 AUT Voelkl
51 198176 LAMURE Marie 2001 FRA Rossignol
52 516753 GROB Stefanie 2004 SUI Rossignol
53 507168 AICHER Emma 2003 GER Head
54 206793 DORIGO Fabiana 1998 GER Atomic
55 198241 DAHON Alizee 2002 FRA Head
56 108075 BENNETT Sarah 2001 CAN Rossignol
57 56373 MOERZINGER Elisa 1997 AUT Rossignol
58 507155 NYBERG Lisa 2002 SWE Fischer
59 507049 CEDER Liv 2001 SWE Rossignol
60 565488 TOMSIC Nika 2000 SLO Head
61 198253 McFARLANE Caitlin 2002 FRA Rossignol
62 325119 GIM Sohui 1996 KOR
63 299624 PIROVANO Laura 1997 ITA Head
9.12 It rained all night on the legendary ‘Podkoren’ track. The organizers salted the snow.
9.10 Good morning friends of OA Sport and welcome to the Live Live coverage of the women’s giant slalom from Kranjska Gora, the sixth season of the 2023-2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup.
Good morning friends of OA Sport e welcome to the LIVE LIVE of giant slalom scheduled in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia), valid for the 2023-2024 women’s alpine skiing World Cup. First race of the new calendar year, and we start again where we left off. Federica Brignone challenges Mikaela Shiffrin, Marta Bassino wants to be reborn in a friendly location.
Shiffrin against Brignone, this is the challenge that the women’s White Circus is offering at the momentwith the most balanced ring being the one between the wide doors. The last giant of last yearthat of Lienz, it was won by the Americanstaging a masterful first descent and defending himself admirably in the second heat from powerful comeback for the Italian team. General leader’s bib on the shoulders of Shiffrin, the specialty one on the back of Brignone (who defends 35 points on Lara Gut-Behrami and 80 on Mikaela). Another protagonist expected on Pokoren is undoubtedly the Swiss Gut, who after having exalted in the first two giants of the season took a small step back. The first starting group is very competitive, with seven athletes who can compete for the podium and victory.
Broadening the vision in Italy there is also anticipation for Marta Bassinoreturning from an unforgettable 2023 (apart from world championship gold) and from a first part of the season below expectations. The Italian has always had a good time in Kranjska Gora, winning twice in 2021 and reaching the podium as many times, and it is on Podkoren that he dreams of being reborn. Also Sofia Goggia, who will start with bib no. 11, arrive at this Epiphany with good expectations: in 2018 he collected his last podium here between the wide gates, and today getting close to the top-5 is not a pipe dream. They will be nine Italians in total at the startwith the aim of repeating the six qualifiers in Lienz.
OA Sport offers you the LIVE LIVE of the giant scheduled in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia)valid for the 2023-2024 women’s Alpine skiing World Cup. Sixth seasonal event between the wide gates, in one of the most competitive and spectacular disciplines of the White Circus. . First heat scheduled for 9.30am, second with inversion of the first thirty at 12.30. Have fun and good skiing everyone!
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2024-01-06 08:26:03
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