2023-10-28 12:17:34
For Gut-Behrami, fourth following the first part in the morning, it was the 38th World Cup victory and the sixth in giant slalom. The half-time leader – with a big lead – was Brignone. On Sunday (10 a.m. and 1 p.m./live ORF 1) it will be the men’s turn with their giant slalom in Sölden.
The other Austrians in the decision were sometimes a long way behind. Stephanie Brunner was 14th, 2.91 seconds behind, Elisabeth Kappaurer (+3.01) came in 18th. Katharina Liensberger (23rd/+3.33) and Katharina Troupe (24th/+3.35) fell even further behind.
For Gritsch it was only the third top ten result in a World Cup giant slalom. The Ötztal native was last in sixth place in Aare in March 2022. The Tyrolean finished the first round in sixth place. The Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel, who was originally sixth best at half time, was subsequently disqualified because residues of fluoro wax were found on her skis – this is banned in FIS competitions this season.
The Styrian Julia Scheib, like Elisa Mörzinger and Michaela Heider, was eliminated in the first round. “I was able to pull well at the top, then my skis collapsed and it was over pretty quickly,” said Scheib, describing her mishap following a few turns. “Of course it doesn’t feel good, I would have liked to show my strength on the steep slopes. The bitterest thing is that I have to stop following the first quarter of this really cool race.”
The recently heated debate regarding the early start to skiing was cooled down somewhat by the pictures of freshly snow-covered peaks on Saturday. According to the ÖSV, 15,400 visitors came to the World Cup arena at a height of over 3,000 meters in fantastic weather. The organizers’ fears that climate activists like the “Last Generation” might block the high mountain road to the glacier or even gain access to the slope did not come true. In order to avoid incidents, authorities and mountain railway employees had already been patrolling at night.
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