Mikaela Shiffrin led the World Cup standings by a wide margin when she crashed heavily in the downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo on the 26th. Since then, she has focused on rehab to strengthen her injured knee. If she makes a comeback in the slalom and giant slalom weekend in Åre on March 9-10, she will have missed twelve races.
After Åre, only the World Cup final in Saalbach, Austria, on March 16-24 remains.
During this time, Lara Gut-Behrami has taken over the lead in the overall World Cup and is expanding her lead with each race. After today’s sixth place in the super-G at home in Crans Montana, the Swiss is 205 points ahead of Shiffrin and leads the downhill, super-G, and giant slalom cups.
”Glad that this weekend is over”
– I had problems with the soft snow today but overall it’s been a stable weekend that I’m pleased with. The races at home are the most intense and it’s nice that this weekend is over, says Gut-Behrami, who is chasing her first crystal globe for the overall title.
Yesterday, Marta Bassino won her first downhill in the World Cup. Today, downhill specialist Stephanie Venier won her first super-G race.
”I had nothing to lose”
– The past few days haven’t been easy for me with all the pressure and I had nothing to lose today. I made some mistakes but I’m very happy now, says Venier to AP after her success in the tight race – the top three within 15 hundredths of a second.
Lisa Hörnblad did not earn any World Cup points from the double downhill and today’s super-G in Crans Montana. Today, she crashed out.
