The 27 -year -old Frenchwoman confirms her progression, after having succeeded in her first five top 10 in the last thirteen months. For her seventh season and after 111 departures in the World Cup, she harvested her first medal.
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This Sunday, February 26 will remain engraved in the memory of Laura Gauché. At 27 years old, the Moûtiers skier (Savoie) made the most beautiful race of her career during the descent of Crans-Montana (Switzerland) by finishing, for the very first time, on the podium of a cup test Alpine ski world. “It’s a huge surprise,” recognized the interested party, 3
“It was quite difficult in the head but I said to myself” stay in it, it will do it “”, explained the French after the race, which was initially scheduled for Saturday and which was postponed by a day Due to the fog and the state of the track. Part with the bib 26, Laura Gauché must have been waiting for a long time before set out.
“I was quite relaxed, but mentally it was very hard to wait yesterday [Saturday] all day, to know if it was going to run or not. This morning, rebelote, the fog …”, -He declared. The flakes were able to make visibility complicated, especially on the top of the layout, but it reveals: “I am often not bad when girls do not see their feet too much. I am a little less afraid that Others, so I know that these conditions can suit me. “
Huge 🥉e Place de Laura left on the descent of Crans Montana 🇨🇭! 🤩
This is his first podium a cup of the world… https://t.co/lfockaknjv
” It’s too beautiful day “
For her seventh season and after 111 departures in the World Cup, Laura Gauch was frayted for the very first time on a podium. “I am too happy, it’s too beautiful day. The visibility conditions did not stop changing. It was a fairly complicated race,” said the tricolor skier, clearly progressing and who thus achieves her sixth top 10 in thirteen months.
After unresolved worlds at Courchevel-Méribel (Savoie), Laura Gauché reassures herself and climbs, thanks to this third place, in 17ᵉ place in the downhill classification with 121 points. In the general classification, Savoyard is 36ᵉ, with 184 points. He will have, at the end of the season, another two descents and three super-G, his two specialties, to shine again and continue to grab a few places in the standings.