The Italian Federica Brignone won the first round of the giant of Semmering (Austria) on Saturday, December 28, counting for the Alpine Ski World Cup, ahead of the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami and the Swede Sara Hector.
Mixed results for the French
Starting with bib 6, Brignone is 15 hundredths ahead of Gut-Behrami and 24 hundredths ahead of Hector. She will try to achieve her second victory of the season at the end of the second round scheduled from 1 p.m. The double Olympic medalist in giant – bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018 and silver in Beijing four years later – won the inaugural race of the discipline in Sölden (Austria) at the end of October.
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The Frenchwoman Clara Direz, who started with bib 15, managed to qualify for the second round, finishing 27e 2 seconds and 56 hundredths behind Brignone. However, it did not work for Karen Clément (52nd, + 3.83), Clarisse Brèche (56th, + 4.27) and June Brand (60th, + 5.22).
