Nicol Delago was the fastest Azzurri player in training, but didn't pass all the goals correctly. © ANSA / ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE

Skiing has resumed in Crans-Montana.

A relatively insignificant women's downhill training run took place in Crans-Montana (SUI) on Wednesday. Almost half of the athletes missed gates or bypassed some sections.

28 January 2026

From: cst

Crans-Montana remains in shock. Even a month after the devastating fire in a bar, the Swiss ski resort is still in mourning. The World Cup races will still take place, albeit in a scaled-down form regarding the supporting program.

A downhill training run was on the schedule for Wednesday. In the end, Nina Ortlieb was the fastest. The Austrian was 10 hundredths of a second quicker than her compatriot Arianne Rädler. Third-placed German Kira Weidle-Winkelmann (+0,56) was already more than half a second behind. Unlike Emma Aicher (4th), Ester Ledecka (6th), and Laura Gauche (8th), the top three finishers completed the training run correctly.

Grief for the victims of the fire is palpable in Crans-Montana. © ANSA / ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE

Nicol Delago (+0,93), who recorded the sixth-fastest time, also didn't pass all the gates correctly. The other Azzurre training results were: Laura Pirovano (16th), Sofia Goggia (17th), Nadia Delago (20th), Elena Curtoni (28th), Federica Brignone (33rd), Asja Zenere (41st), and Roberta Melesi (42nd).

Another training session will take place in Crans-Montana on Thursday, before the long race weekend begins on Friday with a downhill race (10 a.m.).