Petra Vlhová

Italian skier Federica Brignone triumphed in Sunday’s super-G in Val d’Isere, celebrating her third victory of the ongoing World Cup season.

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In the French resort, she won with a lead of 44 hundredths ahead of the Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoffová Lie, another Italian downhiller Sofia Goggiová (+0.59) finished in third place.

Brignone coped best with the pitfalls of the challenging track. From the start, she went aggressively, choosing a bold line even in the technical corners, while constantly accelerating. She also slipped in the lower part and at the finish line she was 87 hundredths ahead of the previous leader, the Austrian Cornelia Hütterová. Finally, Goggiová and Lie got caught between them. Brignone achieved the 24th championship in her career in the SP, the ninth in the super giant slalom.

“It was almost a perfect ride. I really enjoy skiing at the moment, it’s my passion, I feel I still have something to show.” said the 33-year-old Italian woman, who already won two giant slaloms in Canada’s Mont Tremblant this winter, according to the APA agency.

Several favorites hesitated, the Swiss Lara Gutová-Behramiová and the New Zealander Alice Robinsonová dropped out after promising intermediate times in a difficult technical passage, the Italian Marta Bassinová and the SP leader Mikaela Shiffrinová did not finish the race either, as she missed one of the goals in the lower part.

The American leads the overall standings with only a 63-point advantage over Brignone. Jasmine Fluryová, the winner of Saturday’s race, also had big problems, the Swiss took eighth place.

Slovakia was not represented in the competition. Petra Vlhová missed the speed disciplines in St. Moritz and in Val d’Isere and will not return to the SP carousel until Thursday, when the evening slalom will be held in Courchevel, France.

results of the women’s super-G SP in Val d’Isere: 1. Federica Brignone (Italy) 1:21.58 min.
2. Kajsa Vickhoffová Lieová (Nor.) +0.44 s
3. Sofia Goggiová (Italy) +0.59
4. Cornelia Hütterová (Austria) +0.87
5. Michelle Gisinová (Switzerland) +1.32
6. Joana Hählenová (Switzerland) +1.71
7. Laura Pirovanová (Italy) +1.80
8. Jasmine Flury (Switzerland) +1.82
9. Kira Weidle +1.86
10. Emma Aicherová (both German) +1.91

overall order of the WC (after 11 out of 42 competitions): 1. Mikaela Shiffrinová (USA) 620 b.
2. Brignoneová 557
3. Lara Gutová-Behramiová (Switzerland) 429
4. Goggiová 396
5. Petra VLHOVÁ (SR) 391
6. Sara Hector (Sweden) 296

ranking in super-G (2 out of 10): 1. Goggiová 160
2. Brignoneová 145
3. Hütterová 130
4. Lieová 93
5. Gutová-Behramiová 60
6. Hählenová 60

In the 2023/24 World Cup in downhill skiing, Slovakia will be represented again by the Olympic slalom gold holder from Beijing 2022, Petra Vlhová, who is the strongest in slalom. In addition to the most winding discipline, she also plans to start in the giant slalom, she should include speed disciplines in her program only exceptionally.

2023-12-17 11:43:48
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Slovak skier Petra Vlhová has mixed feelings after the weekend in the Canadian resort of Tremblant.

Slovak skier Petra Vlhová finished fifth in the giant slalom of the World Cup in Tremblant, Canada. She was in the lead after the first race, but in the second race she lost almost two seconds from her lead and at the finish line she was 0.67 seconds behind. The race was won by the Italian Federica Brignone, who coped best with the snow and difficult weather conditions. The podium was completed by Lara Gutová-Behramiová from Switzerland (+0.33) and the American Mikaela Shiffrinová (+0.39 s).

She took second place in the first giant slalom. Although she was pleased to return to the podium, she was not completely satisfied with the result, as she wanted to win.

Slovak skier Petra Vlhová finished in second place in Saturday’s giant slalom of the World Cup. In the Canadian resort of Tremblant, she was not enough only for the Italian Federica Brignone, behind whom she was 21 hundredths of a second behind. In the 2nd round, she set the best time of all the competitors. The podium was completed by the third American Mikaela Shiffrin (+0.29).

She was close to winning after the opening round of the second race, when she performed the fastest ride. However, she was not able to confirm it, as the unfavorable weather significantly affected the second round. In it, she trailed the winner Federica Brignone by almost two seconds.

“The first round turned out great and I hoped that I would perform similarly in the 2nd round. I did my best, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough for the podium today, as I believe the conditions were not the same for all competitors today.

Visibility during the second lap for the last runners was close to zero and dangerous. I believe that if such conditions had existed before the first round, we would not have even started.” she stated on her Instagram profile.

“Whoever follows my career knows that I never make such public statements and that throughout my career I have always respected all other athletes. I want to congratulate the other girls on today’s result, as they performed brilliantly, but it’s also not up to us to decide whether we race or not…”

In the 2023/24 World Cup in downhill skiing, Slovakia will be represented again by the Olympic slalom gold holder from Beijing 2022, Petra Vlhová, who is the strongest in slalom. In addition to the most winding discipline, she also plans to start in the giant slalom, she should include speed disciplines in her program only exceptionally.

2023-12-04 06:30:00
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