Crans-Montana – This Saturday, a women’s European Cup downhill event took place in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, in the canton of Valais. The Austrian won Franziska Gritsch in a time of 1m 13.98s just ahead of the second-placed Norwegian Others Holm Wembstad (+0.02). The backlog of the third-placed lady of the house Delia Durrer to the triumphant Tyrolean was exactly two tenths of a second.
The ÖSV trio Nadine Fest (+0,46), Lena Wechner (+0.62) and Emily Schöpf (+0.64) also showed a good performance and was rewarded with positions four to six. Came as the best Frenchwoman Esther Paslier (+0.74) in seventh place. The top ten were made by Durrer’s compatriot Katja Grossman (8th; +0.87), the Swede Jonna Luthman (9th; +0.99) and the Germans nadine Kapfer (10th; +1.13) completed.
The Swiss woman Nathalie Groebli In eleventh place (+1.19) missed the leap into the top 10 of the classification by just a few hundredths of a second. Christina Ager (+1.32) from Team Austria swung away in twelfth place. Jasmina Suter (+1.41), she also competes for the host nation, ended her working day in 14th place. She was the best South Tyrolean Caroline Pichler (+1.45) listed at position 15.
The DSV representative Catherine Hirtl-Stanggassinger (+1.52) shared 16th place with an Italian competitor, in person Monica Zanoner. Livia Rossi (+1.66) from Switzerland was 18. Also for the Val Gardena Teresa Runggaldier (+1.88) there were a few points with 20th place. Today’s downhill was relatively short. We’ll continue tomorrow. Then the speed ladies contest a second descent in Crans-Montana.
Official FIS final result: EC downhill women in Crans-Montana
The men’s ski world cup calendar for the 2021/22 season
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