Federica Brignone It is the new giant slalom world champion. In Saalbach in Austria, the blue champion played two perfect heats. Gold at Brignone in 2’22 “71, silver to the New Zealand Alice Robinson at 90 cents, American bronze Paula MolTzan at 2 “62.
Federica Brignone dominated both in the first and second heat the giant slalom of the Saalbach World Cup. The 34 -year -old Aosta Valley of La Salle faced the two tracks designed on the ‘Schneekristall’ track (‘Snow crystal’) as a real ‘tiger’, its nickname. Class, power, elegance in the skiing, determination (never missed to ‘faith’), Federica has lined up all by rejecting detachments that in today’s skiing are to say the least crazy.
Brignone, second Italian of the story to win the giant world gold – had been successful twice Deborah Compagnoni in 1996 and 1997 – The New Zealand Robinson preceded nine tenths in the first medal after three editions of the World Cup. Alice, born in Sydney, brought New Zealand for the first time to the podium to a world championship review of Alpine skiing. American bronze Moltzan, remained at 2 “62, a monstrous detachment of other times. Fourth to a single penny from the podium La Norvegese Theaa Louise Stjernesund, fifth to six, the Swedish Sara Hector. Seventh the Italian who compete for Albania, Laura Colturi at 3 “50.
Brignone – at the fifth medal for a world championship, at the second of this edition after silver in Supergiant – In the second heat it was even more fierce and above all perfect enough to trim other 23 cents at Robinson (67 were those at the end of the first heat). The German skiing decidedly collapsed, the best was Lena Duerr, Nova, and above all the Austrian one: the best among the landlords was Katharina Liensberger, twelfth at 4 “55.
Out in the first heat Sofia Goggia (Saalbach World Cup under expectations especially in fast disciplines) and Marta Bassinoboth stumbled upon trajectory errors. Lara della Mea did not start in the second heat.
