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Due to the strong wind, the second race should have started from the reserve start, which is at the height of the first intermediate time. This would have shortened the course by about eight goals. Due to the strong wind “there have been problems with timing,” an official from the International Ski Federation (FIS) said in an interview with ORF.
The gondolas also had to be stopped. All the riders were already in the starting area, but the slip command, which ensures good track conditions, must be repeated over and over again. As conditions did not improve, the decision to abort was finally made.
Vlhova faced the fourth victory of the season
After the first lap, the Slovak Petra Vlhova would have been in the lead. The overall World Cup leader set the morning’s fastest time in 1: 02.15 minutes. “I didn’t expect the best time at the end. My feeling was not so perfect. I didn’t expect the green to light up in the end. At the bottom I tried to let the skis run. It doesn’t look too bad, ”Vlhova said in an interview with ORF. The Slovak, who won both slaloms at Levi and the parallel race at Lech / Zürs this year, was about to win her fourth season at Semmering.
In the second break of the 25th anniversary of the World Cup at the “Zauberberg” was the Italian Marta Bassino (+0.22 seconds), the Swiss Michelle Gisin (+0.35 seconds) was third. Mikaela Shiffrin, who last won a thrilling comeback almost two weeks ago in Courchevel after the death of her father, came in fourth.
Liensberger almost two seconds ago
The best Austrian after the first round was Katharina Liensberger, 1.97 seconds behind in 14th place. “It didn’t immediately catch my eye. But it would have been important to gain speed at the top, ”said the Vorarlberg resident, who was not satisfied with her career. “There were good swings, but it took me a long time to find the rhythm.”
Katharina Truppe (+2.20 seconds), Stephanie Brunner (2.24) and Franziska Gritsch (2.29), who finished 17-19, also qualified for the second race. Ramona Siebenhofer (2.70) could also have started again as 25th.
Ricarda Haaser was 31st, just 3.06 seconds away, making it the top 30 decision. The Tyrolean was only ten hundredths of a second away from qualifying for the second race. Elisa Mörzinger (3.82 / 40 °), Eva-Maria Brem (3.92 / 41 °), Chiara Mair (4.27 / 44 °) and Katharina Huber (4.35 / 47 °) could not qualify.
