Sofia Goggia is immediately very fast in Lake Louise: best time in the first downhill test

The Bergamo team is in front of everyone, with 3 tenths on Stuhec in a day that sees "quiet" Ledecka, Suter, Shiffrin and Gut-Behrami, with Marsaglia and Nadia Delago (but what a nice return for Nicol too) already on the ball.

Tuesday 30 November 2021 3 minutes reading time

He has never won in these parts, despite having climbed the podium twice (in 2016, 2nd downhill and 3rd in super-g) and who knows that the spell cannot be broken this year. Sofia Goggia immediately places the best time in the first test, which could also be the only one in view of the descents on Friday and Saturday (since the weather is decidedly unfavorable until Thursday), in Lake Louise for the opening of speed that begins in the sign of the winner of the last downhill World Cup. The Bergamo-born is very solid, she keeps up with Ilka Stuhec's pace (very fast in the first part) and gains over 6 tenths in the most technical part, to close with 3 tenths of a margin on the Slovenian, who started with bib 1 and appeared again ... her. The third time is by Joana Haehlen, third at + 0 "58, then there is Breezy Johnson, 76 cents away, and to follow in the standings we find Kira Weidle, 5 ^ at 90 cents, and at 1" 15 a Francesca Marsaglia very fast in the "Heart" of Olympic Downhill which in 2019 gave her her first and so far only podium in CdM, and then left her teammate 8 tenths in the final sliding section. Gagnon also did well, at 1 "17, and Nadia Delago too with an excellent 8th time trial (at 1" 25 from Goggia), but her sister Nicol also immediately sent good signals: on her return to competitive level after more than 21 months, the Val Gardena it is from the top ten until the final platter, where it concedes until closing with a gap of 1 ”70. (updating)

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