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Four blues up front in the first descent of Sankt Moritz: a word from the Aosta Valley and from Trentino. And even Shiffrin (sixth) smiles after defending the lead of the general: "I couldn't have done more".
Friday 16 December 2022 5 minutes reading time
A great national team, a great attitude from the first to the last goal, in weather conditions that made many athletes lift their foot, considering the risks they ran today in Sankt Moritz.
The blues of speed are not only in the brace signed by Elena Curtoni and Sofia Goggia today in the first appointment of the triptych in the Engadine, but also in the performances of Federica Brignone, seventh, and Laura Pirovano tenth, without forgetting Karoline Pichler who finished 23rd, giving herself the best descent of their career (the Delago sisters went less well, with Nicol and Nadia out of the points).
On the other hand, the team led by Gianluca Rulfi is already at an altitude of 4 seasonal victories out of 10 races held, with three different athletes on the top step of the podium. If Curtoni has already declared in the post-race that he wants to think about Saturday's match, while Goggia will return to the Swiss resort in the evening after the operation on his left hand in the afternoon in Milan, here they can enjoy a good top ten result Brignone and Pirovano.
“I'm very happy because it was a difficult race - the words of the winner of the 2019/2020 CDM to fisi.org - In these conditions I can adapt quite quickly, you could hardly see it but I'm very happy. It's a pity after all that I still lost a little something, but compared to Lake Louise I would say that the music has completely changed".
The second top ten of the season, after the one obtained practically upon returning to Canada in the closing super-g, can only make a Laura Pirovano smile, already found at the top: "Finally I was able to go back to doing what I love, what is missed a lot: hitting two top ten in the first two stages is a nice Christmas present. I was lucky enough to have tested it in the dark yesterday too, even if you couldn't see anything I tried to trust it and I did it. It surprised me, but it was nice like this."
Satisfied with her sixth position, which is worth 40 important points to fend off Holdener and Vlhova, who are absent today, but above all Goggia herself who is 100 lengths behind and can aim for her leadership at the end of the weekend, a Mikaela Shiffrin is back downhill ( his last race was that of the finals, with victory in Courchevel) immediately with a level performance. "I'm very happy - said the 27-year-old from Colorado to Eurosport microphones - I honestly think I couldn't have done more today, it was difficult for everyone in these conditions".
And we'll see her again on Saturday in the second descent, before attacking the podium also in super-g.
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Downhill Female St. Moritz (SUI)
CURTONI Elena
GOGGIA Sofia
SUTER Corinne
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