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Katharina Liensberger brought her World Cup best form to Aare and in the first of two Slaloms – the second goes up today (10.30 am and 1.45 pm, ORF 1) – missed his first World Cup victory by just two tenths. The 23-year-old from Vorarlberg came in second behind Petra Vlhova (Svk), who celebrated her 20th success at this level. Third place went to Mikaela Shiffrin (USA).
“I gave it my all. I’m happy with my career, but Petra drove very well. She built a good train,” said Liensberger, who is 90 points behind Vlhova and five points behind Shiffrin in the discipline standings.
Vlhova now holds pole position in the overall World Cup race: the 25-year-old, who was accompanied to Sweden by her boyfriend, temporarily pushed Lara Gut-Behrami (Sui) off the throne. Vlhova’s balance is 64 meters. Today the two-time world runner-up from Cortina wants to extend her lead: “I was close to a perfect race, I hope it continues like this.
The Austrian team placed five athletes in the top 20, convinced Franziska Gritsch with sixth place. “That was very important to me. The last time I was inhibited, I doubted everything. This time I thought: ‘Remember your childhood. Just go skiing with fun? Fortunately, it worked,” said the Tyrolean.
Black with bad back
The coaches are invited at the weekend in Kranjska Gora, where one or another (preliminary) ball decision could be made. Today (9.30 am and 12.30 pm, ORF 1) Frenchman Alexis Pinturault reaches for a small glass in the Giant slalom, am Sunday (9.30 am and 12.30 pm, ORF 1) Can Marco Schwarz in the Slalom make everything clear. However, the 25-year-old Carinthian’s preparation was not optimal, he worries about back pain.
“During training in Weißensee I received a small shot in the back. Of course, the therapy was very intense, it should fit in the races,” explained Schwarz, who was 146 points ahead of Sebastian Foss-Solevaag (Nor) and 184 in in front of the Ramon Zen (Sui) houses. “You have to consider them both. My motto is complete attack. Attack is the best defense,” believes the world champion.
