Switzerland-Austria, the duel has just begun with the titles of Gut-Behrami and Kriechmayr ...

The medal table of Cortina 2021 after the two super-gs: first double for the Swiss, Germany has already done the maximum with Baumann. Shiffrin and Pinturault for a record collection?

Thursday 11 February 2021 4 minutes reading time

The world championships in Cortina began in the name of Lara Gut-Behrami and Vincent Kriechmayr, the two great favorites of the super-g capable of fully respecting the odds, despite some thrills. And so, the long-distance clash between Switzerland and Austria for the victory in the medal table has already begun, considering that Norway (at the head of Are 2019 on a par with the rossocrociati with 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze, even if the Wunderteam led to home eight medals but with only the title of Marcel Hirscher in slalom) is really reduced to a minimum and seems out of the game in this special ranking. The rossocrociati have made one-two with the girls, the red and white ... almost, given that Romed Baumann is an Austrian in all respects, but has been racing for Germany for two years. Speaking of the German national team, the veteran's silver means having already settled the world budget for a team that, without Viktoria Rebensburg and with the physical problems of Stefan Luitz and Thomas Dressen, really showed up in Cortina. We are not even one sixth of the way (two races out of the thirteen overall) and in Italy there are all the possibilities for a high-level loot, given that the best cards are still to be put on the plate, from the men's descent with Dominik Paris to female giant, passing through the combined with Bassino-Brignone and, who knows, perhaps the same parallel for girls. The medal table in which France and the United States have already entered with a bronze each, those brought by Alexis Pinturault and Mikaela Shiffrin, absolute stars of the two national teams. And Alexis and Mikaela could potentially turn out to be the multiple medalists of this world championship: we will have time to talk about it again, starting from next Monday's combined which are the first major goal of both ...

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