Federica Brignone won the first round of the giant on Saturday morning which took place in Semmering, Lower Austria. On a course set by her Italian trainer Giorgio Pavoni, the Milanese slipped between the 44 gates before crossing the line after 1’02”28 of effort.
Victorious in Sölden during the first giant of the 2024-2025 World Cup season on October 26, crowned with 28 successes on the circuit since her debut in 2010, Brignone beat her almost historic rival, Lara Gut-Behrami (33). years). The Ticino, who is to be credited with a clean round without any real risk taking, is only 15 hundredths behind the current 6th in the general World Cup rankings.
The podium in the first act of this race which took place in the district of Neunkirchen, about a hundred kilometers from the city of Graz, was completed by Sara Hector. The Swede only conceded 24 hundredths to the winner, therefore only 9 hundredths to her first runner-up.
While the American Mikaela Shiffrin (injured), the Slovakian Vlhova (injured) and the Obwaldenian Michelle Gisin (personal choice) did not appear in the gate, the Schwyzoise Wendy Holdener (31) had to settle for 18th rank (at 2”09) while Zurich’s Simone Wild (31 years old) is 22nd (at 2”45).
As for the Valaisan Camille Rast (25 years old), 3rd in Killington on November 30), she never found the expected rhythm and is only 15th (at 1”88) after the passage of 30 competitors.
The first start of the second route, designed by Frenchman Rudi Soulard who coaches the Americans, is scheduled for 1 p.m.
