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The Swiss won 0.11 seconds ahead of Italy’s Sofia Goggia and 0.20 ahead of American Breezy Johnson. The best Austrian was Nina Ortlieb in fifth (+0.97), Tamara Tippler was in seventh (+1.25). Nicole Schmidhofer was transported on a mountain sled after a heavy fall and is being examined for knee pain.
Schmidhofer flew into the net on the lower leg of the route after jumping, cutting it with his sharp skis and hiding from cameras between two nets. This made recovery difficult and at the same time prevented the runner from falling into the forest.
At the same point, the Italian World Cup winner Federica Brignone, the Swiss Joana Hählen, the American Alice McKennis and the French Laura Gauche also fell, each of which caused new interruptions. Everything should have gone well. On the one hand, it is a passage where there is hardly any room to correct an error, on the other hand, the section is affected by the play of light and shadow.
Knee pain and facial injuries.
According to ÖSV Women’s Racing Director Christian Mitter, Schmidhofer complained of pain in her left knee and had abrasions on her face, and is currently being routinely examined on her head and spine. About the crash, he said: “It didn’t work anymore. So the network was there. We have to take a closer look at the rest of the video.” We know there will be a tight network at this point. The front door on the “hose” will be moved a bit by Saturday to make the angle of the net a little flatter. The track is in good condition, it was a little faster than in practice.
Schmidhofer was conscious during first aid and later gave an early radio message to Ortlieb. “I didn’t see the drop because I was two numbers behind. I was very relieved when I heard it on the radio. He said the slope is fine, you can attack,” said the Vorarlberg native. “As I saw it: it will be difficult to win. I hope that tomorrow a superior result will be possible,” he said about his trip. Ortlieb had to take a break from this brief winter due to a knee injury.
Tippler satisfied with placement
Tippler gave a show of force after a serious corona disease. “I gritted my teeth and with adrenaline in my blood a lot can be done. I had no utopian goals for today, I have another chance tomorrow and I will attack,” said the Styrian. Under the circumstances, she is very satisfied with the placement. “And when it comes to falls, the sport is secondary anyway. I hope Nici improves soon.”
Stephanie Venier was able to live well with twelfth place in view of training performance, Mirjam Puchner, who was strong in practice, finished 22nd. “Unfortunately I didn’t have the tension, I didn’t really get on the skis,” she said. the Salzburg woman, who wants to improve on Saturday. Another descent is on the program, followed by a Super-G on Sunday.
For the 26-year-old Suter, it was the third World Cup victory, so far this year, he had won relegation at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee and Super-G at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Last season he won the crystal balls in both speed disciplines. In the general of the World Cup, the Slovak Petra Vlhova kept the lead, was 26 of the day.
