Pure kamikaze: Goggia inspires in Cortina

Last season, Sofia Goggia experienced one of the hardest moments of her career: The Bergamasque woman was in breathtaking shape when, just before the World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, she injured herself so badly that she missed the home title fights. But now the late revenge followed: In the World Cup race on the Tofana course, which was shortened due to the strong wind, Goggia was unbeatable and took her sixth victory of the season, the fourth in the downhill.

The fans at the 2021 World Cup venue got to see Sofia Goggia “at its best”. The 29-year-old took full risks right from the start, almost going wide once and almost being eliminated again - but on the other hand, the Azzurra were in a league of their own in terms of pace, aggressiveness and line. Goggia can hardly believe it himself In any case, the kamikaze style paid off, because in the end Goggia was 20 hundredths of a second faster than Ramona Siebenhofer, who had been leading until then. At the finish, the Italian herself could hardly believe that this error-filled journey was enough for first place – and ultimately victory. The Olympic champion won her 1th downhill victory and is level with Isolde Kostner from Val Gardena.

Ramona Siebenhofer came in second place. © APA/afp / JURE MAKOVEC

The leading duo only briefly experienced fear and anxiety once, namely when Ester Ledecka completed her journey into the Ampezzo Dolomites. The former world-class snowboarder moved up to third place with start number 17 and pushed the Swiss Corinne Suter to the unpopular fourth place. Delagos in the top 20 For the other Azzurre, who are so strong collectively in the speed department this season, there was nothing to gain this time. Federica Brignone (19th place) had a moment of shock when she almost fell at high speed and Elena Curtoni was also unable to maintain the good form of the last few weeks (14th place). But the Super-G suits her better anyway.

Nicol Delago had a hard time on the technically demanding route and took 14th place at the same time as Curtoni. This meant she was 14 hundredths faster than her sister Nadia, who had to settle for 20th place this time after her sensational fourth place in Zauchensee.

There is another Super-G on the program in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday. It starts at 11.45 a.m. Will there be the next Sofia Goggia show?

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Pure kamikaze: Goggia inspires in Cortina

She was the big favorite for the descent in Cortina d'Ampezzo and ultimately withstood the pressure: Sofia Goggia won her sixth race of the season on Saturday - and in an impressive way.

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