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13.21: Very high delay for Roberta Melesi, beyond the fortieth position.
13.12: In key general classification of the World Cup to report the eleventh place of Petra Vlhova. Michelle Gisin was not present.
13.05: Gaps beyond two seconds for the athletes who went down after the first thirty. Some important insertions are difficult.
12.58: After this first test the usual duel between Sofia Goggia and Corinne Suter resumes.
12.51: One blue is still missing in this first test. With 53 will start Roberta Melesi. Grande Italia so far with five athletes among the top seven.
12.45: There are no entries in the positions that matter.
12.39: The French Gauthier finished in fifteenth place. The first thirty athletes have gone down and Sofia Goggia leads with 20 cents on Corinne Suter. Third Curtoni, fourth Brignone, sixth Delago and seventh Marsaglia.
12.35: The Swiss Flury is in 14th place at 1 ″ 57 from Sofia Goggia
12.34: The Austrian Puchner is 18th at 2 ″ 38
12.33: At the moment this is the partial classification of the Crans Montana test:
1 GOGGIA Sofia ITA 1: 29.83
2 SUTER Corinne SUI 1: 30.03 +0.20
3 CURTONI Elena ITA 1: 30.18 +0.35
4 BRIGNONE Federica ITA 1: 30.34 +0.51
5 LEDECKA Ester JUN 1: 30.35 +0.52
6 MARSAGLIA Francesca ITA 1: 30.45 +0.62
7 DELAGO Nadia ITA 1:30.53 +0.70
8 GUT-BEHRAMI Lara SUI 1: 30.68 +0.85
9 LIE Kajsa Vickhoff NOR 1: 30.70 +0.87
10 HAEHLEN Joana SUI 1: 30.75 +0.92
11 VLHOVA Petra SVK 1: 30.91 +1.08
12.32: Ninth place for the Norwegian most on the ball of the moment, Lie who closes with a delay of 87 cents
12.31: Real reconnaissance for the American Wiles who enters last place at 7 ″ 36 from Goggia
12.30: What an Italy !!! Nadia Delago also fits into the top ten, exactly in seventh place 7 tenths from Sofia Goggia. There are five blue in the top seven positions
12.28: The Swiss Nufer badly, penultimate at 3 ″ 29
12.27: Last place for the Austrian Haaser who arrives at the finish line with a delay of 4 ″ 33
12.26: Not good for the Canadian Gagnon who accumulates a delay of 1 ″ 99 and is 14th
12.25: Sixth place for Francesca Marsaglia. What an Italy! The blue is in sixth place at 62 cents from Gut-Behrami
12.24: 7 cents late for Marsaglia in the intermediate!
12.20: The test could start soon, we await news on Ortlieb’s conditions
11.57: Possible serious injury for Ortlieb, trial still interrupted
11.47: There is Francesca Marsaglia at the gate, hopefully nothing serious for Ortlieb
11.47: The Austrian Ortlieb immediately outside. Trial stopped
11.45: The Austrian Tippler closes in tenth place with a delay of 1 ″ 53
11.44: Great performance also by Federica Brignone. The air of Crans Montana suits her perfectly. It is fourth, behind Curtoni, at 51 cents from Goggia. Three blue in the first four
11.43: Grande Sofia Goggia who, despite leaving a few tenths in the final, manages to overtake Gut-Behrami by two tenths! The blue is first. Bassino does not start, we had already written that, he is reaching Crans Montana and tomorrow he will carry out the first test
11.42: Goggia leads the intermediate with an advantage of 21 cents
11.41: Pirovano also loses a lot in the final. The blue enters 12th place with 2 ″ 58 of delay. Now Sofia Goggia
11.40: Pirovano in the intermediate is 1 ″ 91 late
11.40: Elena Curtoni is second at 15 cents from Gut-Behrami but has lost more than half a second in the last 10 seconds of the race where the Swiss had not been flawless. Now Pirovano
11.40: 40 cents advantage for Curtoni in the intermediate
11.39: The Swiss Haehlen does not earn on her partner Gut in the final: she is still fourth at 72 cents. Excellent proof for her. Now Elena Curtoni, the first of the blue
11.38: Well Haehlen at 67 cents from Gut in the intermediate
11.37: The detachment of the Slovenian Stuhec remains unchanged, who closes 2 ″ 43 of delay from Gut and enters ninth position
11.37: Stuhec in the intermediate has a delay of 2 ″ 43
11.34: Handbrake pulled for Gisin also in the second part: he is penultimate at 2 ″ 73
11.33: Gisin misses something in the central part and is 2 ″ 15 late in the intermediate
11.32: Everyone will have to deal with the Czech Ledecka on this track: she too earns a lot in the final and is second at 32 cents from Switzerland
11.32: 94 cents delay for Ledecka in the intermediate
11.31: Slovakian Petra Vlhova proves to be in great shape and to like this context by gaining more than half a second in the final and finishing in third place at 88 cents from Gut-Behrami and tied with Siebenhofer
11.31: Delay of 1 ″ 03 for Vlhova to the intermediate
11.30: Johnson also manages to lose very little in the final stretch and enters fifth place at 1 ″ 67 from Gut-Behrami
11.29: 1 ″ 49 delay in the intermediate for Johnson
11.28: The Norwegian Mowinckel limits the damage in the second part after a first stretch to forget: she is still last at 2 ″ 98, losing another half second
11.27: Net delay in the intermediate for Mowinckel: 2 ″ 47
11.25: The Austrian Siebenhofer closes in third place, gaining something in the final stretch: 88 cents for her delay at the finish line
11.24: Good performance of the German Weidle who always remains very close to Gut-Behrami and fits in second place 34 cents from Switzerland. Now Siebenhofer
11.23: Venier always quite far from Gut: the Austrian is 1 ”22 late at the finish
11.21: The test starts again: Venier on the track
11.18: The employees are moving some doors on Gut’s instructions, who thought it was too fast. It will take a few more minutes
11.15: The track is being repaired. Gut noticed too fast a pass and moved the organizers. The Austrian Venier is at the starting point
11.08: probably Gut-Behrami has given indications for a dangerous passage on the track and is working to fix things
11.05: The test was immediately interrupted, in the meantime Bassino will not take part in the first timed test but will start tomorrow
11.04: Lara Gut-Behrami closes her test with a time of 1’30 “68, it is the first time of reference for the two-time winner here last year
11.02: Gut-Behrami game a little late
10.57: Frozen snow, -3 degrees at the start, there are some clouds on the sky of Crans Montana but the situation is still favorable for a regular test
10.54: These are the starting bibs of the first 12 athletes at the start, where most of the favorites for the final success are concentrated:
1 GUT-BEHRAMI Lara SUI
2, Stephanie I came AUS
3 WEIDLE Kira GER
4 SIEBENHOFER Ramona AUT
5 SUTER Corinne SUI
6 MOWINCKEL Ragnhild NOR
7 JOHNSON Breezy USA
8 VLHOVA Petra SVK
9 LEDECKA Ester CZE
10 GISIN Michelle SUI
11 STUHEC Ilka SLO
12 HAEHLEN Joana SUI
10.50: We will have a rather intense “Italy time” because, in the starting bibs, the most anticipated blue ones are all concentrated between numbers 13 and 17: 12 Elena Curtoni, 13 Pirovano, 14 Goggia, 15 Bassino, 16 Brignone. Then we will have Marsaglia with 20, Nadia Delago with 24 and Melesi with 53
10.47: the rivals of the blues come above all from the home team, Corinne Suter who this year won a success in the first descent overtaking Sofia Goggia, who then won the other two, and Lara Gut-Behrami who last year scored a double here of successes and comes from the beautiful victory in Super-G in Sankt Anton to seal an excellent moment of form that still lasts from the beginning of the season
10.45: more complicated, on the other hand, is the situation of Federica Brignone who a year ago laid the foundations on these snows with a first in the Combined, a fourth and a seventh place in downhill, for the conquest of the general World Cup and today is presented back from some unsatisfactory results and with a non-optimal psycho-physical condition
10.42: There is also great expectation for Marta Bassino who is galvanized by the double success in giant in Kranjska Gora and, should she obtain some good results next weekend, she could even forcefully enter the fight for the World Cup but a real exploit is needed . Never say never with this Bassino and already today you can begin to understand what its potential is
10.40: Sofia Goggia is the big favorite for the double descent of Crans Montana. The blue has returned to the glories of 2018 and 2019 and is back from a double victory in the World Cup
10.37: There is a lot of Italy in Crans Montana, in a context that in recent years has often given great satisfaction to the blue colors. Here Sofia Goggia in 2019 in Downhill and Federica Brignone in 2020 in Combined won
10.35: Good morning to the friends of OA Sport and welcome to the first timed trial of the double downhill scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Crans Montana in Switzerland
Program, schedules, TV and streaming of the World Cup weekend in Crans Montana – Women’s World Cup standings – The blue ones called up for the Crans Montana races – The probable call-up of Italy for the World Cup in Cortina
Hello and welcome to LIVE LIVE of the first round of women’s downhill in Crans Montana in Switzerland, valid for the 2020-2021 Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup. After a weekend in Kranjska Gora dedicated to the giant and triumphal slalom for Italy with the double success of Marta Bassino, back to speed and Sofia Goggia back to center stage, favorite of obligation when it comes to downhill. First contact today with the Swiss track for the athletes of the Circo Bianco.
The World Cup races held on the Mont Lachaux track in Crans-Montana are among the most difficult on the women’s circuit. Three free runs played this season so far and two victories for Sofia Goggia who aims straight for the specialty Cup and with the two races in Crans Montana he could further stretch as he has already won on this track in 2019. Spotlights also on Marta Bassino who will try to recover some points on the general World Cup leader Petra Vlhova.
In Crans Montana. where last year he actually obtained the decisive points for the conquest of the crystal ball (victory in combined, fourth and seventh place downhill) Federica Brignone is also looking for a ransom, just back from a less than satisfactory weekend in Kranjska Gora. Eight blue have been called up for the weekend competitions: Marta Bassino, Federica Brignone, Elena Curtoni, Nadia Delago, Sofia Goggia, Francesca Marsaglia (returned to disposition after the bruises remedied in the fall of St. Anton), Roberta Melesi and Laura Pirovano. Attention to the hosts Corinne Suter, winner of the first seasonal descent and above all and Lara Gut-Behrami that here last year made a double of successes and comes from the beautiful victory in the Super-G of Sankt Anton.
The first trial of the women’s downhill in Crans Montana in Switzerland, valid for the 2020-2021 Women’s Alpine Ski World Cup. OA Sport offers you the DIRETTA LIVE textual so as not to miss a moment of the approach of the athletes to the weekend on the Austrian snow. It starts at 11.00.
Photo: AP Photo / Marco Trovati Lapresse
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