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Fantastic performance from Ticino: after the gold in the Super-G, Lara Gut-Behrami also wins the gold in the giant slalom. Thanks to just two hundredths.
To enjoy: The golden walk from Gut-Behrami.
Video: SRF
Lara Gut-Behrami can’t get the smile off her face in the Cortina d’Ampezzo finish area. First his sticks fly through the air, then he hugs one competitor after another. She just took a big hit: the Ticino woman has become the giant slalom world champion.
It’s one of the best moments in the 29-year-old’s career. Maybe it’s even the biggest. Because although the gold medal in the Super-G was almost expected by the Swiss, who recently dominated everything and everyone in this discipline, the triumph in the giant slalom comes as a surprise.
The great figure of this World Cup
Gut-Behrami is also doing something historic: she is the first Swiss woman since Maria Walliser to win two gold medals in a World Cup, and three in total. At the Swiss Miracle World Cup in Crans-Montana in 1987, Walliser won gold in Super-G and downhill, as well as bronze in the giant slalom. Gut-Behrami can now wear the same medals.
“In the middle of the race I was dying,” Gut-Behrami says immediately after the race, the broadest smile on his face.
Video: SRF
In addition to the two gold races in Super-G and Giant Slalom, he also won bronze on the descent. She is the really big figure in these championships.
Gisin with disappointment
And if you see her swinging down the Tofana slope this Thursday, you can’t imagine that this woman ever had trouble in the giant slalom. It wasn’t long ago that the results were mostly in the double digits. But this year everything is different, everything is better, Ticino is a winner. And now also double world champion. She wins the giant slalom two hundredths ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin, while Austrian Katharina Liensberger takes bronze.
For Michelle Gisin, however, the race ended in disappointment. The Engelberger reached down at the end and touched his helmet. As fifth in the first race, she also had the prospect of a medal. But the 27-year-old is too late to cross the field, he only manages to get back on track but loses a lot of time and has to be content with 11th place. In front of her is still Wendy Holdener, who is completing a gigantic program this week and it is eighth.
Shiffrin is on the way. Who wins? The American or the Swiss?
Shiffrin is too slow! Gut-Behrami won gold in the giant slalom! Fantastic! There are only two hundredths that ensure the victory of Ticino. Two so, so, so precious hundredths.
Wendy Holdener finished eighth, Michelle Gisin eleventh. You will find a summary of the race here shortly. Thanks for reading and see you soon.
The first of the two Americans, the surprising second. What is it showing now?
But no, a serious mistake happened to him shortly before the goal. Bitter. Middle rank nine for O’Brien.
Lara Gut-Behrami is on her way. Cross your fingers again.
Yes! The Ticino woman fights her way to the finish and barely takes the lead. It’s nine hundredths at the end. That is another podium for Switzerland.
It is not the absolute attack and then there is an indoor ski error. But no, there is no such thing. Drive like nothing and take the lead with a 64-cent advantage.
Michelle Gisin. Fingers crossed. Now.
Oh no, she makes a mistake on the cliff and goes out of line. What a shame. There are 1.08 seconds behind the finish line and intermediate position 7. Now our hopes are on Gut-Behrami.
Photo: Jean-Christophe Bott (Keystone)
The 19-year-old beats the 29-year-old: Robinson surpasses Siebenhofer and is now at the top with five tenths.
What a shame! She is ahead, her times are green, very green, but then a big mistake. She still comes in second place. Great rescue, but also a highlight.
Siebenhofer remains at the top, because Mowinckel loses a lot of time and is in fourth place 44 hundredths behind. Holdener remains in third place.
His goal was to be in the top 15, which should be close. But in the SRF interview, Corinne Suter doesn’t take this too seriously and says, “It’s always an experience and I can learn a lot from it.”
An error in the upper part of the track allows the French to melt all the prominence. Worley fights, but he also lines up behind Siebenhofer. Almost four tenths behind. There would still be space between first and second place.
Hrovat risks too much and then runs away. Outside of Slovenian.
The defending champion attacks. We are excited.
Even the Slovak can’t get hold of Siebenhofer, but neither can Holdener! Intermediate rank three for Vlhova with + 0.64s.
The Norwegian hits and then loses a lot of time. As a result, he crosses the finish line more than two seconds ago.
The second Swiss woman on the way. Holdener ranks second behind Siebenhofer. Is a difficult season for Wendy Holdener. He recently parted ways with his coach Klaus Mayrhofer; she says this also helped her regain her calm and feel free.
Photo: Andrea Solaro (Keystone / EPA)
The advantage is gone for Bassino. Siebenhofer takes the lead by a second ahead. It is clear.
Here she is, the big favorite. Marta Bassino, a four-time winner of the season, has to start this second streak early. Are you about to catch up?
Well a little bit. She takes the lead with a six-tenths lead, but in all likelihood that won’t be enough for a medal. Today is not the day of the local hero.
Robnik also can’t avoid the formidable Frasse Sombet. Intermediate rank two, half a second behind.
The Austrian risks a lot, too much, and is eliminated.
The intermediate ranking:
