Cortina: Bitter Delago performance – Vonn is not her old self yet

Big surprise at the descent from Cortina, which was held on a shortened route: The Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer, with only two podium finishes in her career, sensationally took her first World Cup victory on the “Olimpia delle Tofane”.

First World Cup victory for Ramona Siebenhofer. © APA/afp / TIZIANA FABI

The 27-year-old managed a particularly strong ride, especially in the lower part, thanks to which she left the big favorite and until then leader Ilka Stuhec with a respectable advantage of 40 hundredths of a second. Third place also went to an Austrian, namely Stephanie Venier (+0,46 seconds). Delago is out Nicol Delago also had the chance to finish at the top. The woman from Val Gardena was the fastest in the field until the second split, but was then outflanked when leaving the middle section and missed a goal. Bitter – because the possibility of her second World Cup podium would have been there. Nevertheless, Delago can draw courage from her performance up to the failure for the second descent on Saturday.

The second South Tyrolean in the group, Anna Hofer, crossed the finish line almost three seconds behind and clearly missed the points. Vonn expected more Made her comeback on Friday: Lindsey Vonn. © APA/afp / TIZIANA FABI

However, the spotlight was on Lindsey Vonn on Friday: after an injury break of several months, the American made her comeback in Cortina, which was also her season debut. The 82-time World Cup winner did well in the upper part, but after that she continually lost time and had to settle for 15th place in the end. “I expected more,” said Vonn at the finish.

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Cortina: Bitter Delago performance – Vonn is not her old self yet

On Friday there was a women's downhill race in Cortina. There was a surprise win, the Vonn comeback and bad luck for Nicol Delago.

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