Shiffrin strikes back – a shocking moment for Delago

The American, who recently lost out to Petra Vlhova in the slalom and giant slalom, showed a magical run on the icy and undulating slope and secured the second downhill victory of her career and the first success of 2020. Curious: she ended up in second place Federica Brignone, another technician, was 2 hundredths of a second behind.

The downhill experts, however, had their problems on the technically extremely demanding course. The Swiss Joana Hählen took third place and made it to a World Cup podium for the first time, while Elena Curtoni narrowly missed it in fourth place. It was still the best result of the season for the Italian. Marta Bassino (also a technician) rounded off Azzurre's strong result with 3th place. Shiffrin's closest competitor, Petra Vlhova, came in 5th place.

Delago with a near fall Nicol Delago experienced a moment of shock.

The numerous failures proved how demanding the route in the Bulgarian winter sports resort is. Of the first 30 runners, 10 were eliminated. Nicol Delago, who started the race with number 9, was lucky in misfortune: Shortly before the finish jump, the woman from Val Gardena almost fell at over 100 km/h, but was able to save herself acrobatically. At the finish she was over 3 seconds behind, but that didn't matter to her: with her reaction, i.e. with both hands in front of her mouth and a shocked look, she showed that it was a close call. First World Cup point for gas slitter Nicol's sister Nadia fared a little better, appearing in the final ranking in 25th place and is therefore ranked 4 positions better than Nicol. There is also good news from Verena Gasslitter, who earned a World Cup point for the first time in her career with 30th place in her second race after her comeback.

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Shiffrin strikes back – a shocking moment for Delago

After a difficult time recently, Mikaela Shiffrin achieved a liberating blow in the descent from Bansko on Friday.

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