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Lara Gut-Behrami finishes on the podium on the demanding track, while Romane Miradoli celebrates a premiere.
The pedestal
- 1. Romane Miradoli (FRA) 1:19.87 minutes
- 2. Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) +0.38 seconds
- 3. Lara Gut-Behrami (SUI) +0.88
Romane Miradoli stands on a World Cup podium for the first time in her career at the Super-G in Lenzerheide. The 27-year-old French showed a clean ride from top to bottom, edging her previously leading compatriot Tessa Worley by 1.37 seconds.
After a furious start and the fastest first intermediate time, Lara Gut-Behrami then clearly deviated from the ideal line, which meant she wasted time. Nevertheless, the Olympic champion in Super-G used her experience and finished third in front of the home crowd.
Second-placed American Mikaela Shiffrin had a happy day. After a disappointing performance at the Olympic Games in Beijing, the 26-year-old showed a technically clean ride, which also brought her further in the fight for the overall World Cup. Petra Vlhova, her big rival, finished 18th, a long way behind. After the two started the race with the same number of points (1026), Shiffrin is now 67 points ahead of the Slovakian.
Brignone wins crystal ball
The fight for the discipline classification in the Super-G was awaited with great excitement – but that was quickly over. Because Elena Curtoni was eliminated, the Italian Federica Brignone was already the winner before her trip. The experienced Italian didn’t need a brilliant result, took little risk and finished ninth in the final standings.
Black day for Austria team
The Austrians had a bitter pill to swallow. Mirjam Puchner, Ariane Rädler and Tamara Tippler opened the race and all retired in turn. With Christine Scheyer and Elisabeth Reisinger, 2 other Austria women did not finish. Ricarda Haaser was twelfth, almost 3 seconds behind.
The other Swiss women
- 8. Michelle Gisin +2.04
- 11. Wendy Holdener +2.50
- 14. Joana Haehlen + 3.00
- 17. Priska Nufer + 3.30
- 19. Jasmine Flury +3.43
- 20. Corinne Suter +3.45
- 21. Jasmina Suter +3.71
- DNF: Noémie Kolly
- DNA: Nathalie Groebli
- DNA: Stephanie Jenal
Apart from the Gut-Behramis podium, the Swiss record in Graubünden was mixed. Michelle Gisin was the only other Swiss Ski athlete to make it into the top 10, while downhill Olympic champion Corinne Suter was by no means up to speed. Like a week ago in Crans-Montana, the Schwyz native fell short of expectations and finished 20th.
Here’s how to proceed
A giant slalom is on the agenda in Lenzerheide on Sunday. In addition to Gut-Behrami and Gisin, 8 other Swiss technicians will start at the home race. The first run starts at 09:45 a.m., the decision will be made at 1:25 p.m. You can be there live on SRF Zwei and in the Sport App.