Shiffrin in front in the (non) downhill test: three favorites for the combined, but Brignone is growing

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Shiffrin in front in the (non) downhill test: three favorites for the combined, but Brignone is growing

Just 14 enrolled in the last training before the race tomorrow: the American is there, a second margin on Holdener and Gisin, Fede at 1 "57 then Bassino." Better sensations ", both said in the parterre. Elena Curtoni and Nicol Delago at rest, will complete the blue quartet for the combined.

A third (non) descent test, in the sense that the list of starters at today's training on the Yanqing Rock, just fourteen, already says everything about how today's result should be taken with a grain of salt, even if in a female combination of on Thursday the situation appears quite clear. There are three favorites and they respond to the names of Mikaela Shiffrin, Michelle Gisin and Wendy Holdener, but Federica Brignone is just behind them in the prediction: the American today signed the best time trial, improving compared to yesterday's race and still confirming good, unlike what happened in the technical disciplines at the start of the Olympic Games. Shiffrin preceded Holdener by 93 cents, much faster than the tests on Saturday and Monday, with Ledecka third at + 0 "94 and Gisin fourth at 1" 00, while Brignone finished at 1 "57 and Bassino sixth at 2" 10 . At home Italy, tomorrow we will also see Elena Curtoni and Nicol Delago, today at rest (like Siebenhofer, Miradoli and many others) having already accumulated a certain confidence with the track. "The possibility of doing well is there - said Brignone to Rai Sport microphones, definitely changing register compared to two days ago after the last training - Today I finally felt a feeling with this descent, even if I made two serious mistakes" . And Marta Bassino added: "I found wind with a parabolic entrance, I didn't do the last wall very well as a result, but I felt good above and I'm quite happy". WOMEN'S DOWNHILL RANKING BEIJING 2022 1st Mikaela Shiffrin in 1 '' 33 "56 2nd Wendy Holdener + 0 "93 3rd Ester Ledecka + 0 "94 4th Michelle Gisin + 1 ”00 5th Federica Brignone + 1 ”57 6th Marta Bassino + 2 "10 7th Priska Nufer + 2 "20 8th Isabella Wright + 2 "49 9th Greta Small + 2 "63 10th Tereza Nova + 3 "53
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