In Méribel, the Italian has won her first world title in handset, taking advantage of an error by Mikaela Shiffrin, the ultra-favorite of these world championships.
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Twelve years after his silver medal in giant slalom at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Worlds (Germany), Federica Brignone created the sensation by winning, Monday, February 6, in the handset-Addition of a super-G And a slalom – world championships, where the big favorite was expected, Mikaela Shiffrin. The Italian thus wins the first gold medal of these Worlds organized in France, in Méribel and Courchevel (Savoie), until February 19.
Winner with authority of the super-G in the morning, Brignone made sure the title taking second place in the afternoon slalom. In this second event, Mikaela Shiffrin fell in love with the finish. While she was scratching time with each intermediate score, the American has left the track a few meters from the line.
All eyes were turned to the colorado skier, as it dominates the discipline. After erased the record of 82 victories in the World Cup of his compatriot Lindsey Vonn at the end of January, the American could afford a seventh world ski ski, ten years after the first. The podium of the day is completed by the Swiss Wendy Holdener and the Austrian Ricarda Haaser.
combined, the unloved
Second ex-aequo of the super-G in the morning, the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami and the Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel, like six others of their opponents including the French Tessa Worley, did not bother to appear at the start of the Slalom in the afternoon. A decision which once again questions the relevance of the handset, a discipline whose formula has evolved several times and which, since the 2020-2021 season, no longer appears on the World Cup program.
“I love this test, but it’s a lot of work for a single round in the whole year, recognizes the French Laura Gauché, 7 e of the combined of the Worlds, at the Micro de France Télévisions. We are forced to do it in summer, fall, winter, even between races. (…) So they [the International Ski Federation] put several events in the World Cup put back And during major events, or that they completely delete it. “
The male event, disputed according to the same formula, is scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, in Couchevel. The child from the corner Alexis Pinturault, a versatile skier, could in this discipline unlock the medal counter for the French team.