It’s Malorie Blanc who scores the big shot in the Crans Montana super-giant. The 21-year-old Swiss won her first career victory in the World Cup, winning on her home snow with a time of 1’17”34.
Goggia second and still leader
Sofia Goggia stops just a whisker away from success, second at 18 hundredths of a second, but still firmly at the top of the specialty rankings with the red bib. The Bergamo native confirms an excellent state of form in view of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. «I’m satisfied – she explained – I made a couple of mistakes, especially in the upper part, but I felt I had speed. It’s the best way to show up at the Olympics. I’m physically and mentally well and I want to bring the best version of myself to Cortina.”
With this result Goggia also rises to seventh place in the general classification with 586 points.
Podium and regret Melesi
Third place for the American Breezy Johnson, at 36 hundredths, who takes the podium away from Roberta Melesi by just six hundredths. The 29-year-old from Ballabio, who came down with bib number 2, finished fourth at 42 hundredths. «Losing the podium hurts me – he admitted – but I try to take the good and move forward».
Brignone back, Pirovano out
Upon returning to speed, Federica Brignone was only 18th, 1″28 behind the winner, slowed down by a dangerous slide in the central part of the track. “I made a half spin and several mistakes – she explained – it didn’t go as I thought”.
Nicol Delago also scored points, 27th, while Asja Zenere and Nadia Delago remained outside the thirty. Bitter day for Laura Pirovano, who went out at the last door while she was half a second ahead of Blanc: it would have been the first podium of her career. “I hit the last bump that threw me off my path,” he said.
Elena Curtoni is also out, with pain in her right arm after a forklift, while Lindsey Vonn did not start, still bruised from yesterday’s fall. Now the Women’s World Cup stops and looks to the Milan-Cortina Olympic event.