Skiing, Sestriere giant: Bassino wins, Brignone fourth

“I’m fit, I’m skiing well.” Marta Bassino had said it and after the podium in the first giant of the season she takes the victory in Sestriere with two high quality heats. Marta closes in 2’28″89 ahead of Sara Hector and Petra Vlhova who had anticipated her by 7 cents in the first descent. The second heat however is a mix of mental strength, talent and coolness on the part of the blue who prints the third best time with a prodigious recovery in the final area, the flattest one. Fourth Federica Brignone at 66 cents from her teammate, while the other blue, Asja Zenere, in the third race of the world cup, snatches an excellent eleventh place. result Marta Bassino leaps to the top of the specialty classification.