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Only Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia avoided Corinne Suter’s double victory in both downhill races at Val d’Isère. After several crashes on Friday, there were no further incidents in the second race, as one passage was slightly disabled.
Despite losing her fourth World Cup victory by 24 hundredths, Corinne Suter was extremely pleased with her second place on Saturday. For first and second place I would have signed on Thursday immediately. “It was” incredibly nice to be able to drive the first two races like this, because if I’m honest, there was already pressure, “Schwyzerin said in an interview with SRF.
The Downhill and Super-G crystal ball winner last winter had already mentioned the day before her win that there were great expectations from outside before the start of the speed: “I got a lot of messages like: ‘Come on, this is the start ‘and’ Do it like last year ‘, so I felt a lot of pressure. “
After her super ride on Friday, the 26-year-old had decided to drive “as much as possible and maybe a little better underneath.” He did it once more. Corinne Suter took the podium in the fourth downhill race of the World Cup. At the end of February in Crans-Montana, he was second twice behind his teammate Lara Gut-Behrami.
Goggia’s eighth victory in the World Cup
For Goggia it was the eighth victory of the World Cup, the fifth on the descent. American Breezy Johnson (0.27 behind) ensured that the same three drivers were on the podium at Val d’Isère on both days. Johnson was barely able to beat Kajsa Lie on Saturday. The Norwegian, who started at number 30, achieved her best result by far at the highest level in fourth.
A significant increase in replay was achieved by Michelle Gisin, who had to start on the first descent immediately after the long hiatus due to Nicole Schmidhofer’s crash, and only finished 19th. On the second descent, Obwalden’s wife finished ninth, 0.77 seconds behind. In the last two years, Gisin has only been better on the descent twice: earlier this year as third at Zauchensee and in January 2019 as seventh at Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Count despite the bruises at first
It was followed by Lara Gut-Behrami (11th), eighth the day before, and Priska Nufer, who was 13th. Jasmine Flury (19th), Jasmina Suter (21st) and Joana Hählen (22nd) did not reach the top 15. The latter started with bruises and had to be almost satisfied with the start, because the other riders who crashed on Friday in the same place that the Bernese had to sit.
For Schmidhofer, the season ended due to a torn cruciate ligament, Alice McKennis injured her ankle. The general winner of the World Cup, Federica Brignone, who wants to compete in the Super-G on Sunday, and Laura Gauché decided not to participate in the second descent. In front of the passage in question, a door was moved for Saturday. The angles and lines made it possible for female drivers to go through the net even if there was a mistake.
Super-G women
Sunday December 20 11:00 am – 12:45 pm | SRF two
F 2020 | 105 min
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