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Gut-Behrami is the first Olympic gold medal for a career as a total champion. The voices of Puchner and Gisin, with her on the podium, and of Mikaela Shiffrin quite satisfied with her performance (ninth) thinking above all of the combined.
Friday 11 February 2022 7 minutes reading time
A general World Cup, three super-g specialties, 34 World Cup successes, 2 world titles with 8 total medals, and now the first Olympic gold to join the bronze medals of Sochi 2014 (downhill) and Beijing 2022, four days ago in giant, with three laurels at the Games in three different disciplines.
Simply divine Lara Gut-Behrami, a bit like her great friend Anna Veith who, a few hours after the super-g staged today in Yanqing, had told the “Blick”. “Lara will make it, she will win Olympic gold”.
And so it was, despite arriving at this five-circle review anything but confident in his favorite specialty, after the negative races of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee and Cortina, only to give up the Garmisch stage. The Ticino, however, prepared for this Olympics well and adapted very well to such a particular snow, as she was very good at interpreting a simple track in the right way and where it had become difficult to beat a phenomenal athlete in terms of smoothness such as Mirjam Puchner.
“Actually I was more nervous after my arrival than at the start - explained Lara in the TV interview with SRF Sport - I didn't know if it would be enough to win and I wasn't 100% convinced of my performance. You can't just ignore what happened in Sochi and PyeongChang (where she was twice fourth in super-g, just a stone's throw from the podium, ed), but it's wonderful that it went like this after a very complicated year. I have matured, thanks also to the people who are by my side, I have calmed down as a person and now I am really happy ".
Michelle Gisin is also very happy, with her second Olympic medal after the combined gold in PyeongChang and the disappointment of the 2nd slalom heat. As her boyfriend Luca De Aliprandini "revealed" on social media, an incredible result if you consider that the second Swiss on the podium put together just three days of training in super-g (where she got on the podium in Cortina a few weeks ago ), after what happened with mononucleosis in the summer. "I was very angry when I saw the small gap at the finish line from Mirjam (8 cents, ed) - she told SRF - I made a mistake, but it was great fun to ski on this track and bring home such a result after giant and slalom.
That's why I like to do so many races: slalom can be frustrating at times, so it's even better when you can get back on long skis and enjoy some freedom and have a chance. The phone call home? I tried to call my parents, but they were not reachable, so I spoke to my sister Dominique (also Olympic champion, downhill in Sochi 2014) ".
Mirjam Puchner, on the other hand, gave the second silver to women's Austria after that of Katharina Liensberger in slalom. First medal at these levels, second career podium in a super-g (she had already succeeded at the beginning of the season at Lake Louise), making the most of the track designed by Florian Scheiber, on which Tamara Tippler was even more exalted, who he made a fatal mistake at the entrance of the final sliding section, finishing 4 ^ 3 cents from the bronze when he was even in the race for gold with Gut-Behrami. "I'm super happy and I don't think I'll realize it right now - Puchner told oesv.at - I never expected it and I've had a really difficult period in the last few days, it's incredible that everything works like this in the race. .
Since last year I have rediscovered the joy of skiing, after reflecting on whether to continue my career or not. I have to say thanks to everyone: my family, friends, coaches and the federation. I've had so much support, even in the years when things haven't gone so well, you have to appreciate all of that. "
Mikaela Shiffrin also spoke to Eurosport, ninth but all in all fairly satisfied to have found a bit of feeling after the exits in giant and slalom, even if only the combined appears, where she starts as the first favorite for the title, the '' last medal card for a champion still dry in Beijing 2022. "It was a good test because it was not easy for anyone on a track never tried before. I pushed, it wasn't enough for the podium but I think I can say that I have rekindled myself ”.
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