Alpine Skiingfemale world cup
First round of the dreamy Killington giant for the Italians: Brignone, seventh, can still fight for the podium. Inside also Marsaglia.
Saturday 30 November 2019 4 minutes reading time
After the so-so test of Soelden, it is an Italgigante that presented itself at Killington, taking home five qualifications for the second run of the second race of the season's specialties, with the pearl of Marta Bassino in front of all in the middle of the game.
The Piedmontese of Borgo San Dalmazzo was amazing especially in the first part, immediately finding the rhythm on the bumps of what has become the crucial trait of the "Superstar", with the cutting of the initial wall due to wind.
A little over two tenths the margin on Petra Vlhova, almost 3 on Michelle Gisin, and it is not little if we consider that we are talking about a 49 second heat; the second one, among other things, will be traced by the Italian coach Paolo Deflorian, fundamental to understand which conditions will be linked in particular to the wind.
If the other big ones are already quite distant from "Super Bax" (Worley at 35 cents, Shiffrin at 41), there is a Federica Brignone who, almost 6 tenths behind her teammate and winner here a year ago, will have to look for a great comeback from seventh place on a track that, cut off by a fundamental trait, albeit very short, has become decidedly simple for her.
One of the most beautiful news from Italy, however, is the 15th position obtained by Sofia Goggia: at the start with bib 54, the Bergamo has skied above all the final stretch, entering comfortably in the 2nd run where she can go to the attack to find those points needed to bring the good bibs back into this specialty. The blue quintet that we will see from 7.00 pm, was thus completed by Francesca Marsaglia, very good at the top and who then granted a bit 'too much in the second part, closing 20th at 1 "65 from Bassino, and Laura Pirovano who, called to replace the injured Melesi after losing Soelden to the ... ballot, he snatched the qualification in the sprint (with the number 56), with the 29th time at 2 "14 from the head and a wonderful opportunity in the second, considering also the close gaps.
Out instead Karoline Pichler, while Irene Curtoni remained out for a tenth and Roberta Midali finished 42nd, but a long way away (2 "93).
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