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Well, name puns are more likely to be avoided, lesson number one. But in this case, the “good” in the introduction is hard to avoid. Because it was Lara Gut-Behrami who delivered the first sporting climax of the World Cup with her victory in Super G in Cortina after days of postponements and cancellations. The Austrians only found themselves on the field that had been defeated, Tamara Tippler was the best seventh, Ariane Rädler (16th), Christine Scheyer (17th) and Stephanie Venier (20th) followed even further behind. Well, better, well, Behrami? It seems that way, but it doesn’t have to be that way. If the Swiss, who won ahead of compatriot Corinne Suter and defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin on Thursday, started as a clear favorite for her first World Cup gold in Super G, the cards for Saturday’s relegation will be rearranged by full.
Sofia Goggia, leader of the world discipline, is absent due to injury, Tippler wants to attack again. “I’ll take with me that I can fight,” said the Styrian after the Super G. However, disappointment still prevailed. “I tried it, I was not overly motivated, I was confident in my skills and in skiing. In the midsection I was a bit passenger, I was behind in the waves. The skis were going like firefighters, but that just didn’t help.” Because there I lost too much time where it was filmed. I can’t buy any of the tickets, “said Tippler, who immediately postponed a declaration of war.” That wasn’t the last race of my career. “
The next one will definitely follow, after all, Tippler is also a strong start to the descent, in which Nicole Schmidhofer and Nina Ortlieb are missing two strong drivers due to injuries. Health issues have already taken some pressure off the women’s team beforehand, but they still want to avoid a zero jump like the last one at Aare two years ago. Head coach Christian Mitter didn’t want to talk about medals after Thursday’s race, but rather to investigate the causes. “It was definitely not the start we wanted. We have to take a look at it, that was partly not enough in terms of skiing and also not enough in terms of tactics. Can’t blame Tamara, she ran for a medal. Blame it on the field configuration is weak, because it is the same for everyone and everyone has a viewing, “he said.
“I wanted to show what I can”
However, it was not a surprise that Gut-Behrami was the best. The Swiss woman was already a favorite before that. He had finished second three times and third twice in world championships. She also came third on the podium at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. So five World Cups and an Olympic medal, Ticino had not achieved the big blow until Thursday in Italy. Now it even worked with “ad”. After four consecutive World Cup victories, including that of St. Anton, Gut-Behrami had become the top favorite in this discipline. Of course, she clearly felt the pressure of the favorite, tried to push her away and was nervous, Gut-Behrami said after the race. After all the failed attempts at gold, she still hadn’t started “to finally win the gold,” the Swiss woman said. “I didn’t go looking for gold, but to show what I can,” Gut-Behrami said. And perhaps that should also be the motto of the Austrians on Saturday. It was good, it can improve.(Art)
