Brignone closes the gap on the super-g leader, gut-behrami in the race won by Aicher in Germany

To Thuile -Federica Brignone has closed the gap of Lara Gut-Behrami leader in the Super-G of the World Cup at 45 points in a race on a shortened course won by the German Prodigium Emma Aicher.

Winning the second career victory, Aicher reduced Sofia Goggia by 0.06 seconds.

Collecting close to the Italian hometown of Aosta Valley, Brignone had a wild walk to finish the third, 0.39 behind Aicher, but 0.08 before fourth in fourth place.

Lauren Macuga, the American Bronze medalist From the world championships last month, it was 0.55 in the fifth.

Brignone almost lost his balance earlier, but he got up again in the vertical position using his left hand in the snow, then clung to his right arm later.

The Italian was seen cooling the right hand with ice in the finishing area.

“I wanted too much … In front of my crowd,” said Brignone, who knew he “has no speed” after falling close.

“I tried even more to become wild. And, in fact, the mistake with the gate, went very well, because it could have been really worse for me. I don’t know how I didn’t crash. “

Gut-Behrami continued Brignone to the final separation, but lost 0.17 on Italian in the finishing section.

The Swiss stand has criticized the organizers because it organized the race on a course soaked after days of abundant snowfall.

“Everyone is just trying to have a race, the condition doesn’t matter or how the slope is. Finally, not the best race to follow and not the best ski race, ”said Gut-Behrami.

“Sometimes it is a little hypocritical, because everyone talks about safety and then we race under these conditions.”

There were two super-gs

There are two super-gas this season: one Friday, followed by the race that ends the season at the final of Sun Valley, Idaho, on March 23. A victory in the race is worth 100 points.

Gut-Behrami has won five super-G season titles in the World Cup, including three of the last four in a series interrupted by Brignone in 2022.

Brignone, who is close to ending his second career title in general of the World Cup, finished in the first five in the last 16 races of the World Cup that he completed, although he had two DNFs in huge Slaome.

Lindsey Vonn fell at the beginning, but appeared unhappy. The American lost his balance on her ski inside her in a turn left, slipped through it and lost her left ski, but got to her feet after a few seconds and later skied on the hill.

Vonn returned to World Cup races this season At 40 with a Titan knee After six years away from the circuit.

Aicher’s victory came less than two weeks after the Almighty’s skier triumphed in a descent in Norway.

Aicher had only a previous top-10 in a super-g this season, and her victory on Thursday was the first for a German skier in a super-g.

“Better than I thought it would be,” Aicer said about her season.

The German was the third starter of the race and said he had earlier races.

“I was a little lucky with the jumpsuit, because it is now dark and soft and slow,” Aicher said. “The jumpsuit was a great help today.”

Downhill has been canceled

A descent race initially scheduled for Thursday was canceled after the compulsory training running could not be organized, because the upper part of the 3 Franco Bethod course was unusable after the snow.

Super-G used a backup point below on the mountain, reducing the running times at about 58 seconds for the fastest pilots.

The race was interrupted for half an hour after Brignone’s running, because the course worker needed medical assistance and was raised from the helicopter hill.

Cornelia Huetter had an ugly stupidity when the left ski seemed to catch a swelling, causing the Austrian to twist, lose balance and slip into the safety net. Huetter, who is the defender of the World Cup, got up quickly and seemed to have avoided injury.

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