Opening in Sölden: Gut-Behrami shines – 2nd run promises high excitement

Giant slalom Olympic champion 2018 Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) opened the Olympic season on the course run by her coach Mike Day. The 2014 Sölden winner had a flawless run, but didn't push herself to the limit. Nevertheless, the competitors fought hard for their time of 1.02,82:1.02,80 minutes. In the end, only world champion Lara Gut-Behrami (SUI) was 0,02 seconds faster than the US ski girl in XNUMX:XNUMX minutes. Federica Bringnone (ITA) showed a cautious performance, the 2019/20 overall winner had to adjust her skis at times and was over a second behind Gut-Behrami. Last year's winner Marta Bassino (ITA) was on course for a podium in the upper part of the course, but the defending champion was eliminated on the demanding steep slope after an inside ski error. Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia returned to the race track after her knee injury in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January. With a gap of almost 2 seconds to Gut-Behrami, Goggia still has a lot of work to do in the giant slalom. The only South Tyrolean at the start, Karoline Pichler from Petersberg, was unable to qualify for the second round of her comeback race in the World Cup. Valerie Grenier (CAN) caused the surprise in the first round; Manuel Gamper's (Ulten) protégé is in 1th place after the first run. So far, Grenier has achieved 1th place at the opening in Sölden 5 as his best career result. From the hosts' perspective, Stefanie Brunner and Katharina Liensberger are holding the flag high with positions 11 and 2018. Overall World Cup winner Petra Vlhova (SVK), who separated from her successful coach Livio Magoni (ITA) after the previous season with a media and personal mudslinging, is lurking in 6th position, ahead of Alice Robinson (NZL) and Meta Hrovat (SLO), who are now is coached by Magoni. The starting position for the decisive second round (2:13.15 p.m.) promises high tension, Gut-Behrami and Shiffrin are only separated by 0,02 seconds. Behind them there is less than a second between Brunner (+0,54 seconds) in third place and Brignone (+1,52) in 15th place. Here is the interim status:

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Opening in Sölden: Gut-Behrami shines – 2nd run promises high excitement

The starting signal for the ski winter was given on Saturday morning with the women's giant slalom on the Rettenbachferner in Sölden. The Azzurre were unable to convince in the first round, but the second round promises an extremely exciting battle for victory.

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