Lara Gut-Behrami in the midst of so much Austria in the first test, Brignone and Bassino are brilliant on the "Karl Schranz"

First training towards Saturday's descent in St. Anton and the blue are there, behind the Swiss who signs the best time ex aequo with Tippler. Vlhova also did well, then there are Ledecka and Goggia with Gisin further away.

Thursday 7 January 2021 4 minutes reading time

A descent to be taken with pliers, also because the “Karl Schranz” was being faced again after eight years and with many unknowns linked to a really tough track. And this is also the result of the first of the two tests (Friday the encore, again at 11.45 am) towards the St. Anton descent scheduled for Saturday, followed on Sunday by the super-g. Who in 2013 was (and was already going strong ...) is Lara Gut-Behrami, who signed the best time on a par with Tamara Tippler, ideally leading an Austrian team with a great desire for redemption after the disastrous start in Val d''Isère. Wunderteam who also places Nina Ortlieb there, in third place at 2 tenths from the leading duo, then we find a brilliant Federica Brignone, who found herself at ease on such a technical track and an excellent fourth (+ 0 ”46). Behind the Aosta Valley there is the Norwegian Lie (+ 0 ”54), then again Austria with Scheyer sixth at 81 cents, a couple better than compatriot Mirjam Puchner and Breezy Johnson, fresh from the double podium in Val d''Isère. Ninth with 98 hundredths behind Marta Bassino, who started with number 2 and was fast especially in the final stretch, to precede Weidle, Venier and then a series of athletes who will certainly see great protagonists in the race. We are talking about Corinne Suter, today 12th at 1 "16, then Vlhova (excellent debut) and Ledecka paired at 1" 25, finally Goggia and Curtoni who paid 1 "40, sailing out of the top 15 and a tenth behind Laura Pirovano, who had an excellent training. Further away Michelle Gisin, at 2 ”22 and with Francesca Marsaglia 6 cents behind the Swiss, second in the cup overall. Of note, after 4 seconds, a Ragnhild Mowinckel suffering from a hand injury (excluding fractures) remedied in recent days in training.

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