Incredible Comeback: Swiss Skier Wins World Cup Special Slalom in Chamonix

The Swiss wins the World Cup special slalom in Chamonix after finishing the first heat in 30th place. Vinatzer, tenth, is the best of the Italians

The Editorial Staff Sunday 4 February 2024, 4.31pm

CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC (France) – From last in the first heat to first in the second. It seems like a sporting feat bordering on the incredible achieved by him Swiss Daniel Yule who with a historic comeback He won the World Cup special slalom by 30 positions in 1.36.24. In reality, in Chamonix – where due to lack of snow they had canceled two descents, leaving only one special to take place, which turned out to be distorted by the track conditions – it was precisely the warm, very slow and treacherous snow of the second run that allowed this result which perhaps has little to do with sport. But this is skiing – nature sport par excellence – and good for Yule, with his seventh career victory.

The parole of the Yule

“I already had my bag ready to go back to the hotel – the hero of the day admitted sincerely – but then with thirtieth place in the first heat the window for the second opened: I thought ‘ok, it’s hot and the track favors me’. I thought I could get into the top 10, but I certainly wasn’t dreaming of victory. I was lucky, but also good at seizing the opportunity: an incredible day“. Behind him his compatriot Loic Meillard in 1’36”40 and the Frenchman Clement Noel in 1’36”42, who even after the first heat was in the lead with an advantage of one second and 93 hundredths over Yule which seemed truly unbridgeable (and would have been so under normal conditions).

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