LIVE from Schladming: Planai perfect for a historic slalom, Vlhova and Shiffrin start with the first two numbers

At 18.00 the start of the 1st heat for a "night race" never seen before: the Slovakian can already win the specialty World Cup this evening, there are five blue at the gate with Della Mea recovered in extremis (with bib 32). Meanwhile, Federica Brignone is back to training ...

Tuesday 11 January 2022 5 minutes reading time

It should have been the night of Flachau, but without detracting from the "Hermann Maier Weltcup Strecke", we definitely prefer a thrilling slope like Schladming's Planai and a fairytale setting like that of the stadium in the Styrian town, albeit without spectators on the track. , for a historic first. Yes, the first "night race" for girls on that track that has hosted the traditional men's slalom for 25 years. This time it will be the women's sector, for the seventh seasonal round of the discipline, the last one before the Olympics and probably decisive for the awarding of the specialty cup. In Petra Vlhova, in fact, a third place will be enough to conquer her second crystal ball in slalom, and it will be the Slovakian who opens the first heat with bib n ° 1; immediately after here is Mikaela Shiffrin, who lost very heavy points for the general cup with the fork of Kranjska Gora and seeks immediate redemption, but after Duerr (3) and Gisin (4) Holdener (comb 5) should not be underestimated, 2nd on Podkoren, Liensberger also went out on Sunday in the 2nd heat and at the start with 6 in the home appointment, but the same Swenn-Larsson (7) and Nullmeyer (8), who breaks into the second sub-group and immediately draws a large number. Perfect weather conditions, the pure track and the inaugural heat drawn by Devid Salvadori, coach of the blue, while the second scheduled at 20.45 will have the design of Manuel Gamper, guide of the Canadians. First round of the women's slalom in Schladming that you can follow on NEVEITALIA, starting at 6.00 pm with the FIS live timing service. CLICK HERE FOR LIVE TIMING CLICK HERE FOR THE STARTLIST OF THE 1ST HEAT There will be five Italians at the start, with Lara Della Mea at the gate, recovered after having skipped Kranjska Gora. The Tarvisian will start with 32, then immediately Rossetti with 33 to look for the first seasonal qualification (and a minimum chance in an Olympic key), finally with the highest numbers Mathiou (47), Tschurtschenthaler (48) and Gulli with 53. Meanwhile, good news is coming from La Thuile regarding Federica Brignone. In the pits for several days after the Lienz races, the last played by the Aosta Valley champion before skipping the technical tests in Kranjska Gora due to inflammation of the patellar tendon of the right knee, Fede today trained on the snow at home and , if all goes according to plan, he will be regularly in the match for the speed weekend scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee (downhill tests scheduled for Thursday and Friday).

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