The World Cup begins with Schmidhofer's surprise victory

The 27-year-old from Schönberg im Lachtal gave the ride of her life on the Engiadina slope (1950 meters long/550 meters difference in altitude) at the start of the World Ski Championships in St. Moritz. The Austrian piste flea, who is 1,57 meters tall, chose a very unconventional line. A courageous decision that ultimately rewarded Schmidhofer with the gold medal. The ÖSV racer set the best time in 1.21,34:0,36 minutes and disenchanted the big favorites Lara Gut (Switzerland), who came third, 0,33 seconds behind, and Tina Weirather (Liechtenstein/+XNUMX) in second place. It was the first World Cup medal for Schmidhofer, who achieved second place (2013 in the Super-G in Cortina) and third place (2014 in the Downhill in Cortina) in the World Cup. Weirather also won precious metal at the World Championships for the first time in her career. Gut won her fifth World Cup medal, but the Swiss is (still) missing a gold medal. So Switzerland has to continue to wait for a world champion. A dry spell that has lasted since 2001. Curtoni narrowly misses the podium An “Azzurra” also achieved a strong result. Elena Curtoni took fifth place, 0,55 seconds behind. The 0,19-year-old was 26 seconds short of the bronze medal. With Federica Brignone (8th) and Sofia Goggia (10th), two other runners from the Italian national team made it into the top ten. There was no South Tyrolean at the start in the Super-G. The World Cup continues on Wednesday with the men's Super-G. Then the local speed aces also join in the fight for the medal. With Peter Fill (Castelrotto) and Dominik Paris (Ulten), two South Tyroleans are at the start. FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in St. Moritz (SUI), women's Super-G: 1. Nicole Schmidhofer AUT 1.21,34 2. Tina Weirather LIE +0,33 3. Lara Good SUI +0,36 4. Viktoria Rebensburg GER +0,53 5. Elena Curtoni ITA +0,55 6. Ragnhild Mowinckel NOR +0,69 7. Stephanie Venier AUT +0,77 8. Federica Brignone ITA +0,84 8. Tessa Worley FRA +0,84 10. Sofia Goggia ITA +0,91 SN/Hannes Kröss You can read the live ticker for this race again below!

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The World Cup begins with Schmidhofer's surprise victory

Not Lara Gut, not Tina Weirather, not Tessa Worley, not Lindsey Vonn, not Anna Veith and not Viktoria Rebensburg, but Nicole Schmidhofer is the name of the new world champion in the Super-G.

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