Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Sunday January 19, 2025 at 2:32 p.m.
Victorious on Sunday in the super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, ahead of her rivals Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter, Federica Brignone took advantage of this new success to further increase her lead at the top of the general classification of the World Cup . Lindsey Vonn fell.
Double blow for Federica Brignone (34 years old). The Italian champion signed her fourth victory of the winter on Sunday by winning the super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy), on her home soil. A fourth success since the start of the season which allows Brignone, who now has 31 World Cup victories since his debut, to consolidate his first place in the general ranking. The most successful Italian skier in history is taking advantage of her new demonstration, she who had already triumphed this year on the giant (twice) as well as on the downhill but not yet on the super-G, to relegate her runner-up Camille Rast at 106 points before the reunion between the two rivals, Tuesday during the giant slalom of Kronplatz, still in Italy, knowing that the Swiss, absent on Sunday, does not participate in the speed events unlike Brignone. The latter once again made a very strong impression on Sunday in Italy, leaving the other favorites of the day far behind her on the final podium.
Vonn falls, Clément in the Top 20
Thus, Lara Gut-Behrami, second in this super-G, finished more than half a second (58 hundredths) behind, while Corine Sutter, compatriot of Gut-Behrami, finished one second and eight hundredths behind on the Italian. As for Lindsey Vonn, back on the circuit this winter, she will still have to wait before possibly tasting the pleasure of a World Cup podium again, a joy she has not experienced since March 2018. Gone due to a mistake halfway through, the legendary 40-year-old American champion fell, fortunately without seriousness. She got up quickly. As for the French, Karen Clément, who had already been the best tricolor in the super-G in Sankt Anton, once again signed the best performance of all our representatives. The Niçoise even came close to signing her best career World Cup performance, with a 17th place.
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