Brignone breaks the second sleeve and sinks Shiffrin in the fifth

The World Cup 2024-25 is already underway. InSvalden, Austria, As is tradition, the season opened with the giant female. The opening put all the spotlight on who was expected: Mikaela Shiffrin. But they were for Fide brignon. The Italian signed a huge second sleeve to achieve her second victory in Sverdlovsk (after winning in 2015 and three second places, 2018, 2021 and 2023) and 28th place at the World Cup. By his side, Alice Robinson As the second, Austrian Julia Scheib with Bronze. Shifrin, After a dominant first sleeve, she collapsed in the second to be more than fifth.

The morning began with a decrease in the competition of Lara Gut, The Queen of the giant last season. Prepared with the number 4, the Swiss decided not to climb into the starting gate when she noticed the discomfort in the knee that caused her trouble during the pre-season in South America. With a break now of one month until the competition returns , the Sorengo He chose caution.

The winner of last season, with the absence of Lara The Curse of prolongation Svelden. Since 1993, when Anita Wachter The history of the giant was first shown on this track, and no woman managed to string two years in a row with victory. This challenge lasts until October 2025.

The first manga made it clear that the optimism she conveyed Mikaela Shiffrin Due to the accumulated sensations in Chile and Argentina They had a real base. America’s good pace was barely tolerated Alice Robinson (0.22) and fide brignon (0.44), But Shiffrin’s strength on the last wall made a difference in the first act of the test.

With soft snow, marking and leaving the question of what could happen with the passage of the day, The Sun, which was covering, and the descent of the skiers, the second sleeve was presented with noticeable differences. Because the fourth, the Norwegian Thea Louise stjernesund, He was coming out after half a second: 0.69. The Bills ‘ first touchdown of the season was clear. And strong.

Resolution

With cuts from the German top 30 Fabiana Dorrego And the distance of 3.80, the second sleeve with all the posts started at Shifrin And one character: 98 victories in World Cup.  With a more curved layout, treated by Italy, the skin winds at the top of the track, Dorigo The final dance opened. It became clear that the difficulty had been raised. The first good signal was for Slovenian Anna Busik He has an overall of 2: 19.24.

When the Norwegian Forrest Holtman mine She opened the role of the top 10, and it was the time that marked the lead in the possession of the Austrian Julia Shipp (2:17.13). The difficulty was obvious. He suffered from it Sarah Hector, The Olympic champion, who could not approach the best Austrian descent from Deutschlandsberg, Who made a mistake in the first moto by confusing the design, became a reference and his competitors saw that the tenths drop significantly in the second part of the ramp. When there were only five left to disembark , the commander was Chip.

With more than a second and a half advantage, the Italian Marta Pacino She was far from the Austrian (0.78). Face Chip He explained that the word podium was in his head. Norwegian Sternisundt He could not improve the Austrian either. The podium was one slope away , but the top three remained: Brignon, Robinson and Shiffrin.

Milan went a world away in the first sector , but she went to leave behind Chip For more than a second (1.08). The last part was anger. Robinson, The second fastest time was the 17th hundredth of the Italian. There’s only one left Shifrin.

With almost half a second of advantage , the Phil I started around 98. But he couldn’t. Everything is gone, even the podium. It’s over Fifth (1.21). He will have to wait until November and Levi limped off to win again. A month ago they give to work a lot. And think.