Killington -2, the squads of USA, Austria, Norway and Germany: Shiffrin flanked by 7 teammates

The cup leader, red bib after the victory in Soelden, will go in search of the first success in the home giant while she is unbeaten in the slalom on the "Superstar". Duerr and Aicher the reference Germans, watch out for the Scandinavians in great shape with Tviberg aiming for the bang. For Austria the last two bibs to be awarded in giant.

Thursday 25 November 2021 5 minutes reading time

Killington -2, towards giant and slalom scheduled for Saturday and Sunday on the snows of Vermont. A stage that returns to the calendar two years after the last time and is a bit like the home of Mikaela Shiffrin, skiically speaking, given that the Colorado native champion knows Killington like the back of her hand since she was a child. Today afternoon, the US federation has made official its choices for the two days that will see Shiffrin defending his red leader bib between the wide doors (but he is also at the top of the absolute cup, on a par with Vlhova), after beating all in Soelden, remembering that he never won over the "Superstar" in this discipline, while in slalom he signed a consecutive poker from 2016 to 2019, every time he competed in these parts. At his side there will be seven other athletes: in both races we will see Nina O''Brien, Paula Moltzan, AJ Hurt and Keely Cashman, only for the slalom instead Katie Hensien, Zoe Zimmermann (born in 2002 at the second appearance in CdM) and Allie Resnick, also for the second time ever in the maximum circuit after Lech / Zuers 2020. Austria has 9 bibs available for the giant on Saturday: without Franziska Gritsch, who has given up on the American trip since she has decided not to undergo vaccination (mandatory for entry into the country), start scheduled for Stephanie Brunner , Ricarda Haaser, Katharina Huber, Katharina Liensberger, Elisa Moerzinger, Ramona Siebenhofer and Katharina Truppe, with the last places to be assigned to two athletes between Magdalena Egger, Chiara Mair and Marie-Therese Sporer. In slalom, 8 starters with Liensberger, looking for redemption after the 6th and 8th place of Levi, Huber, Truppe, Sporer, Mair, Gallhuber, Egger and Brunner. Five Norwegians who will participate in both the giant and the slalom, as well as Ragnhild Mowinckel who we will obviously see only on Saturday. Double commitment for athletes in great shape like Thea Louise Stjernesund, Kristin Lysdahl, Maria Therese Tviberg (5th in Soelden and in Levi she wasted a great opportunity in slalom), Mina Fuerst Holtmann and Marte Monsen. Finally, Germany, with a small but decidedly qualitative quota; if there are not very high expectations for the giant, in which only Andrea Filser and Marlene Schmotz will participate, here is an important quartet in slalom, given that the very young Emma Aicher, born in 2003 who took two top 20 in Levi, and a Lena are added Duerr in great confidence after the double 3rd place in the specialty opening, his first time on the podium in the specialty.

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