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Today’s second women’s giant slalom in Courchevel ended with an emotional victory for American Mikaela Shiffrin. For the first time in almost eleven months, her last victory was in the Bansko Super-G on January 26 of the year, the dominant athlete of recent years was once again at the top of the podium in a World Cup race . In between, he had had to go through difficult times after his father’s sudden death. Consequently, she was overwhelmed by her emotions in the end after being the winner of the race.
The race was originally scheduled for Sunday, but had to be postponed due to poor track conditions due to heavy snowfall. Shiffrin, who was already in the lead after the first round, won by a wide margin ahead of Italy’s Federica Brignone (+0.82). Before that, however, Marta Bassino had crashed after a best upper intermediate time, possibly on the way to her third consecutive giant slalom victory. Frenchwoman Tessa Worley landed third, marking her first podium of the season.
During the winner’s interview with ORF, Mikaela Shiffrin was still marked by her emotions. “It’s amazing to me, but I’m also very sad at the same time,” he said. He owes his team, and especially his mother, the 67th victory in today’s World Cup. The victory feels like her first World Cup success, said Shiffrin, who wasn’t sure if she could return to her previous level.
The good news from the Austrian point of view was, above all, Katharina Liensberger’s fastest time in the second race, who could aspire to fifth place with this performance. Stephanie Brunner dropped two places in the final to finish sixth. Ricarda Haaser could also hope for a place in the top 10 thanks to a solid second race, finishing eighth. Katharina Truppe (12th), Ramona Siebenhofer (13th), Franziska Gritsch (18th), Elisa Mörzinger (24th) and Eva-Maria Brem (28th) completed a very good team performance for the ÖSV.
Courchevel did well for the Swiss athletes too, especially Michelle Gisin, who impressively demonstrated her current form with fourth place. Lara Gut-Behrami was also quite satisfied with the seventh place. Wendy Holdener’s march into the final was plagued with numerous errors, as she did not rise above 21st. Before her, food specialist Corinne Suter was 20th. Melanie Meillard also made World Cup points. in position 25.
Next weekend, sprinting runners should finally get to their first starts this World Cup season. In Val d’Isere there are two downhill races and a Super-G on the program.
Photo: Agence Zoom
