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The women of Austria are already waiting for 50 World Cup slalom to win. Nicole Hosp was last successful almost six years ago, on November 30, 2014 in Aspen. Last year Katharina Liensberger took three third places in Zagreb and Katharina Truppe in Kranjska Gora and Levi. In Lapland, in northern Finland, the next podium could follow in the final from 1:15 pm (live on ORF1 and live broadcast).
Liensberger has justified hopes for improvement. At the bottom of the illuminated route, the Vorarlberg woman was three tenths faster than the Vlhova leader. “It was a solid race. I just went into the race with joy. For the second round I will take my heart in my hand and go straight into it from the beginning, ”Liensberger said in an interview with ORF.
Katharina Liensberger (AUT)
In the first race, Katharina Liensberger finished third with a time of 54.71 seconds.
Light and shadow for corridors ÖSV
Franziska Gritsch with the 18th start and just 0.02 seconds back in the second half caught the attention of the other ÖSV riders, but she only scored a few goals later and was eliminated.
Katharina Truppe (8./+1.33) and Katharina Huber (11./+1.44), who were in the top ten of the first round, performed better. Chiara Mair (16./+1.66) can also look forward to a good placement.
Magdalena Egger also had a talent problem with the starting number 61. The 19-year-old three-time junior 2020 world champion in Downhill, Super-G and Combined finished in 21st place, 1.84 seconds behind. Vorarlberg’s wife only contested her third World Cup race.
The beginning was unsatisfactory for Bernadette Schild. The 30-year-old from Salzburg could not keep up with the best and crossed the finish line 2.59 seconds behind. The second round was no longer a problem for them.
Vlhova trusts the second part
The “usual suspects” Vlhova and Shiffrin, who returned to the World Cup in Levi after a 300-day break, will likely fight for victory. Swiss Michelle Gisin, fourth placed, was already 1.07 seconds behind with a driving time of around 54 seconds.
For Shiffrin it was the first World Cup race since January, he had taken a long break after the sudden death of his father. “It’s fun again. I really wanted to be there again, ”said the American.
During the break, however, Vlhova showed that she expects nothing less than victory in the first double slalom goal race at Levi: “I am very satisfied and now I am watching the video of the race and see where I can get more out of it. . Now I have to stay confident and focused in the second race, ”said the Slovak in an interview with ORF. The 25-year-old has an advantage: her coach can handle the second round.
