Emma Aicher surprised the competition and was rushed to the podium on the departure in Kvitfjell in Norwegian. The fact that she has the potential for this had already announced with sixth place at the World Cup. At the finish line, the 21-year-old was just 15 hundredths behind the best time of winner Cornelia Hütter. “I’m very happy. “, said the 21-year-old on ZDF.It’s cool that it worked“. It is the first podium for the German-Swedish.
On the icy slopes, numerous waves, the local hero Kajsa Vickhoff, also demanded good condition and technology with the journey in a scooter coaster. Hütter burned the fastest journey on the Olympic cup, the 1994 Olympic Winter Games Olympic Games in 1: 31.46 minutes. The Austrian no longer had to give up the topplatz in the sun despite strong competition.
However, Hütter first had to tremble briefly as a world leader Breezy Johnson to crack the best time. The new US star was missing four tenths of the 32-year-old ÖSV speed specialist. Then Emma Aicher showed that sixth place on the World Cup departure should not be her best result of the season. The 21-year-old was surprised how quickly she had been on the road. In the end, only 0.15 seconds were missing. “It is a dream that you work towards it all the time. I am very happy“, beamed Aicher,” II tried to drive like in training. It felt good. I was a bit surprised, but it’s cool that it worked. “
Hütter’s competitors around the Podest’s Departure World Cup rushed. Sofia Goggia secured fourth place with a gap of four hundredths of Johnson. The Federica Brignone (+0.51s), which leads to the overall and departure World Cup, was fifth.
Weidle-Winkelmann with a clear season destination
DSV-Speed-Ace Kira Weidle-Winkelmann did not choose the ideal line and was obviously not satisfied with her trip to tenth place. At the finish she lifted both arms and showed with a slight shaking of the head that it hadn’t been ideal. “In itself, the journey was okay. But there were some uncertainties. Nevertheless, it is a solid result“, the 29-year-old. The next races will be optimistic”With a lot of joy, fun and confidence“It is your goal to drive to Stockerl in any case this season.”It just needs good skiing“.