Favorites die in qualifying – Tonetti is also eliminated

While from an azure point of view only Luca De Aliprandini made it further in the men's category, two Italians made it to the final of the parallel giant slalom in the women's category: Federica Brignone and Marta Bassino. Lara Della Mea missed the top 16 by 1/100 of a second, Laura Pirovano was far behind. The fastest among the women was the Swiss Wendy Holdener ahead of the Slovenians Meta Hrovat and Tina Robnik. Brignone will face the German Andrea Filser in the round of XNUMX in the afternoon, while Bassino (she barely qualified) has to compete against the second fastest in the qualification, Meta Hrovat. Vlhova and Gut-Behrami are outside The Slovakian Petra Vlhova, who won the World Cup competition in Lech/Zürs at the end of November, and Lara Gut-Behrami, who came third there, missed the final, which is run on a different slope, due to a failure. The Swiss only finished 11th on the red course. Black got it too In the men's category, combined world champion Marco Schwarz did not make it to the final, nor did his teammate Adrian Pertl (he was one of the favorites in the parallel giant slalom). The Swiss Loic Meillard drove the best time ahead of the German Alexander Schmid (both on the red course). Austrian Fabio Gstrein posted the third fastest time in the snow. Luca De Aliprandini was the only Azzurro to qualify for the decision. The Nonsberger will face Marco Odermatt in the round of 16. Riccardo Tonetti from Bolzano took 14th place on the red course and missed the final by almost half a second. His teammates Giovanni Borsotti and the young Giovanni Franzoni also had to give up qualifying. Some stars had already decided not to take part in the parallel giant slalom in advance. In the qualification, the participants drove parallel on the blue and red courses, but not against each other, but only against the time. The best eight were promoted. The decision is scheduled for 14 p.m. In the final there are two runs per duel, each athlete runs a red and a blue course. With the SportNews -Live ticker so you don't miss anything.

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Favorites die in qualifying – Tonetti is also eliminated

Several top favorites failed to qualify for the parallel giant slalom, which is being held in Cortina for the first time at a World Cup.

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