The two Swiss women returned to the podium during the women’s super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Malorie Blanc continues to show her class. The Italian Federica Brignone wins.
Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter achieved an excellent double Swiss podium during the women’s super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Sunday. A first return to the box for the Ticino in 2025, while her colleague performed a great number on the same track where she was injured last year.
Already performing well during the downhill the day before, where they finished 4th and 5th, the two champions moved up two places together to finish 2nd and 3rd.
Lara Gut-Behrami finally signs a first podium in 2025 after finishing several times at the foot of the box or even further away in recent weeks. With a solid and daring race, taking off several times at the end of the course, she was the only one to tickle Federica Brignone, finishing 0’58 behind the extraordinary Italian.
Corinne Suter, having opened the ball, took advantage of having better visibility than the skiers who followed and remained in the leader’s seat for a long time. Only a mistake at the end set her back, but the Olympic downhill champion returned to the super-G podium for the first time since December 2022. And this on the track where she was injured last year.
Federica Brignone, a class of her own
-As for the winner, what can we say about Federica Brignone except that she skied like on another planet. Impeccable, confident and fast, she hurtled down the Olimpia delle Tofane like a rocket, without ever showing the slightest hesitation. The champion now signs her third victory of the season in three disciplines, after the giant of Semmering and the descent of Sankt Anton, to keep her firmly at the top of the general World Cup rankings.
The race for the super-G Globe remains as exciting as four different skiers have now won in four events this season.
Malorie Blanc confirms
Behind the enormous Swiss duo, the Swiss skiers are a little more struggling. Malorie Blanc, confirming her class, finished 21st as the best Swiss after Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter on a track she knows little about and where experience counts for a lot. Michelle Gisin took 22nd place followed by Joana Hählen (24th) and Jasmina Suter (26th).
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