Perfect conditions in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Goggia wants another: at 10.45 the start of the descent

The Bergamo-born, starting with number 5, is the big favorite (and can reach Brignone and ... Kostner), but there is no shortage of rivals starting from Ledecka and Gut-Behrami. Seven blue on the track, even the Delago sisters try for the podium.

Saturday 15 January 2022 3 minutes reading time

Other chapters of history can be written, as well as keeping the fight for the general classification of the World Cup open, and all these tasks are in the hands of Sofia Goggia, on whom the spotlight is clearly on to see if the Olympic champion will be able to sign the seasonal downhill poker, in today's appointment in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee. At 10.45 am the start in perfect weather conditions, for a race (without Breezy Johnson, we recall, or the second in the specialty ranking) that will see the Bergamo rider come out of the gate for fifth, after Weidle (3) and before Vlhova, all '' seasonal debut in descent to try to collect important points for the "coppone" in the absence of Shiffrin, Corinne Suter (n ° 7, he won here in 2020), Nicol Delago (8) and Lara Gut-Behrami (9). But rivals are not lacking, we think in particular of Austria with Puchner (11) and Scheyer (14), but above all of Ester Ledecka's n ° 17, before which we will see Elena Curtoni (13) and Federica Brignone (16), who will have to defend themselves on a slope that is not ideal for their characteristics, while a perky Nadia Delago could try for the first podium in CdM, at the start with the 19. Altenmarkt-Zauchensee women's descent that you can follow on NEVEITALIA, starting at 10.45 am with the FIS live timing service. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE TIMING CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STARTLIST Last two blue at the start Francesca Marsaglia, bib number 27, and Roberta Melesi with 43 out of the 48 athletes competing.

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