“Mikaaa” – Nicol Delago greets her dog after a dream trip

Nicol Delago rode with a knife between his teeth on Saturday after the disappointment in Friday's downhill. As she crossed the finish line at over 100 km/h and braked, the 22-year-old saw the number 5 flashing and threw her hands up. So far, ninth place in the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee downhill in January 2017 was her best result. With a beaming smile on her face, the speed specialist greeted the TV camera: “Mikaaa”. Mika is the dog in the Delago house. Before leaving for North America, Nicol Delago posted a photo of himself and Mika on Instagram. “Wish I could take you with me.”

Faster than the winner in the last section The analysis of the part-time times speaks for itself: Nicol Delago was still in 20th place at the first intermediate time, continually made up positions and crossed the finish line in fifth place. From the steep slope exit to the finish, Delago was even faster than the winner Nicole Schmidhofer. “I would like to thank everyone who supports me, I dedicate this result to my injured teammates at home. “It feels like Johanna Schnarf, Sofia Goggia and Elena Fanchini are the necessary tailwind,” said the native of Val Gardena. 24th podium for Dominik Paris Dominik Paris from Ultimo returns from North America with two third places. At the descent in Lake Louise a week ago he came third behind his teammate Christof Innerhofer and winner Max Franz (AUT). On Saturday in the Super-G in Beaver Creek, Paris stood on the podium with four other athletes: winner Max Franz, runner-up Mauro Caviezel (SUI) and the Norwegians Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Aksel Lund Svindal. This was no ordinary awards ceremony, but more of a “podium party”. “It wasn't an easy race, with changing snow conditions. In the last section I perhaps didn't risk enough when I look at the time Max Franz drove there. “Still, I’m very happy with my first podium finish in Beaver Creek,” said Paris after the race, having previously finished fifth three times and fourth once in Beaver Creek. For the Ultner it is the 24th World Cup podium, on “Mr. Giant slalom” Max Blardone is only missing a podium place.

“Podium party” in Beaver Creek with 5 athletes in the top 3

The first giant slalom of the season is on the program in Beaver Creek on Sunday, with Manfred Mölgg, Riccardo Tonetti and Alex Hofer among others. Start times are 17.45:20.45 p.m. CET and XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. CET.

The women will compete in the first Super-G of the season in Lake Louise (19 p.m. CET), including Nicol Delago and Anna Hofer from Ahrntal.

The starting numbers of the South Tyroleans on Sunday:

Men: Giant Slalom Beaver Creek (17.45:20.45 p.m./XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. CET) 14: Manfred Mölgg (Enneberg) 20: Riccardo Tonetti (Bolzano) 42: Alex Hofer (Castelrotto)

Women: Super-G Lake Louise (19 p.m. CET) 21: Anna Hofer (Steinhaus) 31: Nicol Delago (Cloudstone)

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“Mikaaa” – Nicol Delago greets her dog after a dream trip

Nicol Delago from Val Gardena celebrated her best World Cup result to date with fifth place in the downhill from Lake Louise (CAN) on Saturday. And Dominik Paris from Ultimo was at the “podium party” in Beaver Creek.

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