Lara Gut-Behrami, the super-g lady: "I skied without pain, yesterday was a disaster ..."

The Ticino, increasingly leader of specialties and now also third in the general, talks about herself after the triumph in Crans-Montana and those back problems that have been tormenting her for a while ...

Sunday 24 January 2021 3 minutes reading time

She is the lady of the super-g, even if before St. Anton she had not won for almost three years in the discipline. Now Lara Gut-Behrami seems to have put all the pieces of the puzzle back together to constantly return to the front, she who today in Crans-Montana obtained the 14th victory in this specialty, simply dominating the entire competition. The 28th success in the World Cup is worth +76 in the super-g ranking on the first pursuer, the trophy holder Corinne Suter (but glued to the second Swiss are Brignone and Bassino), but also the third place in the general, at just under 200 points from Petra Vlhova. "I was already better than yesterday, when I didn't know if I would be able to race today - explained the Ticino champion after the race, referring to the back problems she has been living with for a few days - I felt as stiff as a broomstick, but luckily the treatments and painkillers worked and as I descended I felt no pain and was able to ski freely. It was not easy to interpret this snow, softer and slower than the day before, consequently the sensations were different and you had to adapt to be able to stay soft and pull the tight lines. In the end, however, it went well, I could also have attacked more on the wall ”. Fortunately, since Tamara Tippler finished second at 93 cents from Lara: the Austrian took home the seventh podium in the cup (sixth in super-g) without yet being able to cheer once, but in this specialty she did not finish in top from the place of honor obtained almost two years ago at the Soldeu finals. “It was a good test - she explained to oesv.at - I looked at a couple of athletes and I told myself to go full speed, either you end up lying on the snow or you are super fast”.

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