Mikaela, is it already escape for the cup? Shiffrin party after the super-g in Sankt Moritz: "Crazy weekend"

Almost 3 years after her last victory in the discipline (in Bansko, in the meantime she had won the downhill of the last CdM finals), the leader of the general has returned to hitting proving to have many tricks up her sleeve to get close to the fifth crystal ball . There will now be eight tech races lined up to escape and... bring Lindsey Vonn closer again.

Sunday 18 December 2022 3 minutes reading time

Success number 77, podium number 124, return to the top step of the podium in super-g (for the fifth time in CdM) almost 3 years after Bansko 2020, when he also won in the downhill. Mikaela Shiffrin comes out of the Sankt Moritz weekend with a haul of 190 points collected in three races, with 6th and 4th place in the downhill before today's "hundred" with a masterpiece of pure class, to run away in the standings general of a World Cup that yes sees it "only" with a 105 margin lengths compared to Sofia Goggia, but in reality it is a decidedly important advantage given that now there will be the beauty of eight consecutive technical races in a couple of weeks, in the post-Christmas period, which will allow the American to really escape, with the triptych of Semmering (two giants and a slalom), the double slalom of Zagreb, the two giants on Podkoren of Kranjska Gora and the night race of Flachau, again among the narrow posts. At -5 from Lindsey Vonn in the calculation of the multiple victories in the top circuit, Mikaela leaves the Engadine with a big smile like this: “It was an incredible weekend and today a somewhat... crazy race. It was really difficult, but I think I interpreted it well, after all I've always felt at ease here. It's nice to win again in super-g, I worked on speed in the summer, but it's difficult to understand what level you can have, even if the descents went well. Thanks to all the team for the support, it's been great."

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