Sara Hector, 29 years old from Sweden, is the new owner of the female giant, third career victory, and from today the red bib of the discipline. «Incredible, I felt good halfway through the race, a crazy feeling. Suddenly everything is going great, we have worked hard and long to be at this level », says the queen at the end of the race in Kranjska Gora. In second place, at 0 “96 the timeless Frenchman Tessa Worley, who at 32 does not give up and grinds work for the goal of the season, the Beijing Olympics in February. Third and smiling Marta Bassino (1” 32), 25 years, who on the slope where he scored a double last season, does not find the same magic but still flies on the podium. Another third place, always in giant, after that of Courchevel on December 22nd, another step necessary to regain the total safety and skiing that allowed her to win the specialty cup last season.
The level of the rivals is very high, they all come down with the knife between their teeth. In fourth place went the Canadian Valerie Grenier, in great growth. Fifth, after an amazing second heat, Lara Gut-Behrami, 30, positive last December 17th when she was in Val d’Isère, and returned to the race in Slovenia.
The performance of Marta Bassino’s teammates is more opaque. Disappointed Elena Curtoni, in 25th place: «I lay down at the fourth door, but then I lost speed. Unfortunately, even if I tried to catch up, it was too late ». Out of thirty in the first heat, on the other hand, Sofia Goggia: the Bergamo-born, last time on the podium in the specialty right on the Slovenian track in 2018, did not find the right rhythm.
Meanwhile, in the giant of Adelboden a fall for Luca De Aliprandini: there do not seem to be any problems of dislocations or evident fractures in the left ankle. The blue will be subjected to x-rays (soon the decision whether to stay in Switzerland or return to Italy, as explained by Fisi).