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The first test of Val d''Isère, in view of the descents on Friday and Saturday, sees McKennis Duran ahead of compatriot Johnson, but Sofia is third ahead of the holder of the crystal ball. The Valtellinese and Cuneo areas are also very good, Brignone and Vlhova further away.
Wednesday 16 December 2020 4 minutes reading time
American rockets on the Oreiller-Killy, but some of the most anticipated women are already sending important signals towards the first speed races that, finally, we will see take place on the weekend in Val d''Isère.
Friday and Saturday the two descents (at 10.30), Sunday (11) the super-g on an "O.K." which, after hosting the opening of the jet men, today saw the girls protagonists of the first of the two timed tests.
Without Mikaela Shiffrin, who could return downhill only in the second part of the season, Alice McKennis Duran (the first in the CdM with her husband's surname, after having already won the US championships at the end of November) and Breezy Johnson thought of it. and demonstrate, on a track definitely suited to their sliding characteristics, that they can play it even in the race.
Thirteen cents between the two points of the national team with stars and stripes, but at 26 cents there is another very dangerous athlete like Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, third time on a par with an already very brilliant Sofia Goggia. The Bergamo rider did 14 cents better than the one who can be considered the other great favorite in terms of descents, the holder of the crystal balls in speed, Corinne Suter. The Swiss closed fifth at 4 tenths, while Ester Ledecka made a mistake and closed at over 3 and a half seconds, but we will see her again tomorrow with great attention.
The first Austrian is Mirjam Puchner, sixth at 65 cents ahead of Lara Gut-Behrami, Nicole Schmidhofer and two blue who have really impressed, considering that the "O.K." it is not exactly the ideal track for their skills: we are talking about Elena Curtoni and Marta Bassino, divided by just one cent in ninth and tenth position less than 8 tenths behind McKennis Duran.
If Ilka Stuhec was fast only for half of the track, struggling a lot in the more technical central section and closing in one and a half seconds, for Federica Brignone and Francesca Marsaglia the gaps are 1 "79 and 1" 89, with a lot to file as in the case of Petra Vlhova, just 4 cents behind the Piedmontese.
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