Opposite reactions from the big blues to the bad day in Andorra
Federica Brignone’s return to competition after the double Olympic gold and Sofia Goggia’s sixth place which allows her to keep the red bib in super-G, with three races to go. This is all the glass half full for the Italians in Soldeu, on a day dominated by the German Emma Aicher with surprising gaps, 88/100 to the New Zealander Robinson and 98/100 to the Swiss Corinne Suter. Laura Pirovano, eighth, also partially survived.
TEN YEARS LATER
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In any case, it’s a smiling Brignone who appears before the microphones after the match. Here in Andorra, ten years ago, she won her first World Cup super-G: “I have to say that I did very well in the upper part, scoring one of the best intermediates, I also managed the bumps well, but then at the entrance to the wall I made a stupid mistake and almost stopped. It’s a shame, because this way you throw away the races – analyzes La Salle’s Tiger, in fifteenth place at the end – but I’m calm, even at the gate, because I’m not here to gamble for something, it’s pure fun. Of course the objective remains to win the races between now and the Lillehammer finals, but without any stress.”
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Sofia Goggia is certainly more banned, who remains leader in the super-G cup, but sees her rivals getting dangerously close: “Aicher was fabulous, she built the victory in the upper part, where I was a little slow and off line, while Robinson had a great race especially in the technical part, where I wasn’t able to ski in push like her, I was a bit in reserve and I was dirtier – is the analysis of the 33-year-old from Bergamo – while on this slope the attitude pays off and taking the lead foot over the door. Let’s turn the page, there is something good, but we have to ski hard tomorrow I’ll go on the attack again, full push, let’s try to clean the lines and see.”
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