The H factor after Brignone: Holtmann and Holdener cheer for a first. "Very happy with this podium"

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The Norwegian made her debut in the top 3 close to a resounding success, the Swiss back in front in the specialty in which he had always caressed the podium.

Tuesday 17 December 2019 4 minutes reading time

He happily embraced his colleague Wendy Holdener at the end of the race (the photo is clear), and it didn't matter to Mina Fuerst Holtmann that she had just lost the chance to win her first World Cup victory for only 4 cents, after commanding the giant of Courchevel almost from the first to the ... penultimate door. The 24-year-old Norwegian has hit an unexpected top 3, but perhaps not for those who know this girl well, who, in the last four giants of the World Cup had achieved her four best results in the maximum circuit; yes, because from the tenth place to the race of the Soldeu finals last March, Holtmann had climbed to the splendid 4th place of Soelden in comeback, to then conclude ninth in Killington and finally today second to Courchevel, first career podium in CdM and result which also holds the second position in the specialty ranking. "I'm in seventh heaven - the Scandinavian class '95 confessed in the post-race - I didn't hear the second race particularly, despite being in the lead for the first time; I think I have skied well, it was not enough to win is true, but for me it is a fantastic result ". And who probably did not expect his first podium in the giant, not in an absolute sense since today's one is the 34th in the World Cup (with only 3 victories ...), is a Wendy Holdener returning from the difficult weekend of Sankt Moritz and in general from a first part of the season made complicated by the fracture of the elbow suffered in the days after Soelden. "It 's true, it was not the best for me so far, but I had good races - he said in the post race the Helvetic - I had two fourth places in this specialty (in Kranjska Gora in 2018 and last February 1 in Maribor, ed), now this beautiful podium has arrived that gives me confidence and confidence even in giant â€. The H factor, in the day of Courchevel, was second only to a super Federica Brignone.

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