A sensational lady wins the parallel giant slalom premiere

There has never been a parallel giant slalom in the 53-year history of the World Cup - at least for women. In Alta Badia, men have been holding such a competition for several years. In any case, this format also offered a great spectacle for the women skiers.

The spectators in the packed finish area in Sestriere got their money's worth - also because the Italians showed their best side. 4 athletes qualified for the final of the best 32, namely Federica Brignone, Marta Bassino, Sofia Goggia and Laura Pirovano.

Shiffrin and Vlhova argue Among other things, Pirovano eliminated fellow favorite Alice Robinson. Like Petra Vlhova, the New Zealander got stuck in the first round. Her toughest competitor, Mikaela Shiffrin, didn't fare much better: the American was already out of the game in the round of 1. “Today just wasn’t my day,” said the series winner at the finish. The same applies to Wendy Holdener, second in the qualification, who had to admit defeat to Sofia Goggia.

However, this failed in the quarter-finals due to the Austrian Elisa Mörzinger. Meanwhile, Brignone and Bassino did not show any weakness and confidently moved into the round of the last four. There, Bassino had to admit defeat to eventual winner Clara Direz from France on the slower, red course. Brignone was also unlucky, was assigned the red course and lost to Mörzinger. In the small, all-Italian final, Bassino had the upper hand, Brignone came fourth, Goggia rounded off the strong Italian result with fifth place.

The result: Pos Name Country 1. Clara Direz France 2. Elisa Mörzinger Austria 3. Martha Bassino Italy 4. Federico Brignone Italy 5. Sofia Goggia Italy 6. Kristin Lysdahl Norway 7. Thea Louise Stjernesund Norway 8. Tina Robnik Slovenia 9. Mikaela Shiffrin USA 10. Wendy Holdener Switzerland 14. Laura Pirovano Italy

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A sensational lady wins the parallel giant slalom premiere

Not many people would have bet on this before the race: Clara Direz would win the first parallel giant slalom in women's World Cup history. She spoiled the big party for the Italians, who also showed a strong race.

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