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For the Ticino woman, the giant slalom ends before it really begins. Is something wrong with the knee? Pinched on the back? She says: Neither one.
Lara Gut-Behrami should have been very hungry. So far, she has not been able to compete in a race in this last week of Lenzerheide, because Downhill and Super-G were victims of the weather and she gave up slalom. Then there is the giant slalom on Sunday morning, the last competition of the long winter.
The Ticino woman leaves the house of departure, passes the first door, the second, then her workday ends, after five seconds. Gut-Behrami swings and glides down the slope towards his father Pauli Gut, who is standing on the edge of the slope. And Ski Switzerland is puzzling: did the back get pinched again like in Crans-Montana? Is there a problem with your left knee, which was seriously injured in 2017 and now played shortly after getting off?
Lara Gut-Behrami lacked body tension
For the Swiss, the Lenzerheide Giant Slalom ends in seconds.
When asked by the press spokesperson for the Swiss Association, he said that he had not had any material problems or physical complaints. She was simply “removed” and did not want to comment on it at this time. He only returns to the Lenzerheide finish area for the ceremony after the second race. Before that, however, he contacted Alpine’s director, Walter Reusser. He says: “She regrets the failure. I just had no more body tension and didn’t want to risk anything in the last race. ”She also told him that with Petra Vlhova, who defeated Gut-Behrami in a World Cup match overall, the right athlete had won the big one. crystal ball.
The off-roader has the podium in sight again
Another Swiss woman is struggling to get to the finish in this first race, and she ducks down first. Michelle Gisin almost ran out of strength in this demanding field with rapidly revolving doors. Who is surprised? For the Engelberger, it is race number 29 of the World Cup this winter. Out of a possible 31, Gisin solves the difficult task quite well. He loses 81 hundredths in the first race to Mikaela Shiffrin, who will start as leader of the second and last race of the season (starting at 12 noon).
Gisin, who finished fifth at halftime, is the Swiss team’s all-rounder. And because she is now good at occupying a superior position in all disciplines, she could soon become a serious candidate for victory in the overall World Cup. She is third there behind Petra Vlhova, who won the match against Gut-Behrami on Saturday with sixth place in slalom and has a week of great festivities in her native Slovakia ahead.
Swiss women, on the other hand, can celebrate that for the first time in 26 years they are once again offering the best women’s team. It has long been clear that the Nations Cup will go to Switzerland for the second time in a row. Corinne Suter also contributed to this. With her start in the giant slalom, the speed specialist ensures that at least 19 runners are registered. The Schwyzerin finished the first race in 16th place.
