Gut-Behrami 2nd in the 1st round of the Semmering giant

Federica Brignone won the first round of the giant on Saturday morning which took place in Semmering, Lower Austria. On a course designed 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 old) . years). The Ticino, to whom we owe a faultless run without any real risk-taking, is only 15 hundredths away from the current 6th place in the general World Cup rankings.

The podium in the first act of this race which took place in the Neunkirchen district, around 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 show up at the gate, the Schwyzoise Wendy Holdener (31) had to settle for 18th place. (at 2”09). while Zurich’s Simone Wild (31 years old) is 22nd (at 2”45).

As for the Valaisanne Camille Rast (25 years old), 3rd in Killington on November 30), she never found the expected pace and is only 15th (at 1”88) after the passage of 30 competitors.

The first departure of the second course, designed by Frenchman Rudi Soulard who coaches the Americans, is scheduled for 1 p.m.