The Austrian is faster than all of them, she also keeps Shiffrin behind, at 56/100 great favorite of this race. Ninth the other blue Nicol Delago, thirteenth Marta Bassino
The Austrian flag still flies on an alpine ski test in this Olympics. In fact, the descent for the combined, the last individual competition for this edition of the Games is commanded by the Austrian Scheyer who with a capital test managed to go ahead of the Prague specialist, Ledecka just 1/100 of a second late. In fifth place is the American Shiffrin, a great disappointment in this Olympics, who until now has not reserved even a medal for him (with two unfinished tests) and who is betting everything on the combined to bring home at least one medal from Beijing. A gap of 56/100 gives her the great chance to recover in slalom.
In 8th place is the first of the blue in the race, Federica Brignone (silver in giant and winner of 4 combined in the World Cup) 69/100 behind the Austrian and just a cent before her partner Nicol Delago ( sister of the bronze medal of the descent behind Sofia Goggia).
Slalom 7 hours
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In 13th place (for the moment) there is Marta Bassino who made a mistake in the other part, accumulating more than a second of delay at the end of the test. Nothing to do for Curtoni who came out at the beginning of the descent losing even a stick. Now we have to wait for the slalom test scheduled for the Italian 7, in a heat in which Shiffrin will be able to give everything since her coach will trace the test. One of the great favorites is not present in this combination, Vlhova who, after the gold conquered in slalom in this Olympics, returned home, accusing a tibial problem.
Federica speaks
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“I made a lady drop from half down. Too bad because at the beginning I made a few mistakes too many. However, if I think back to the latest tests, I would say that I have made an important qualitative leap. Now I’m there and I can play it. Of course I’m not a slalom specialist, but I really like this discipline. And everything will play for me in the second round: for me, for my nation and for all those fans who get up in the heart of the Italian night to look at us. I’ll go to the gate and then I’ll give it all. In the end I will turn around and see what the weather is like ”, said Federica Brignone (smiling) at the end of the descent for the combined.
February 17, 2022 (change February 17, 2022 | 04:45)
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