Lara Gut-Behrami won her 42nd World Cup success, the 5th of the season. The Ticino won the giant of Kronplatz, beating Alice Robinson and Sara Hector by 1”09.
Gut-Behrami continued his momentum and his victory during the super-G in Cortina on Sunday. On the Erta slope and its slope of up to 61%, the skier from Comano did just fine. Never on the highest step of the podium at Kronplatz, LGB repaired this anomaly and did better than its 2 second places in 2021 and 2023. It signed its 8th success in the discipline.
On rails, the Ticino was even able to place a few timely small slips in the steepest parts. She could even have won with a more substantial lead without a mistake at the bottom. But with his speed, it was of no consequence.
This 42nd success allows her to tie Anja Paerson for 6th on the list of most World Cup victories. Next athlete to catch up with? Renate Götschl and her 46 crowns.
The 2021 world champion in the discipline consolidates her red bib as leader with 585 points and 85 more than Federica Brignone, 6th in this giant. And overall in the World Cup, LGB is only 95 points behind Mikaela Shiffrin. The cancellation of the speed races in Garmisch this weekend worsens her chances of passing the American, still on the sidelines after her fall in Cortina.
There will remain 3 giants on the program after this Italian race: in Soldeu, in Are and in Saalbach during the World Cup finals.
Camille Rast 8th
In the absence of Michelle Gisin and Wendy Holdener, only 2 other Swiss women were entitled to a second pass. But on the track which revealed her to the eyes of the world in 2017 with a magnificent 9th place, Camille Rast shone. Well in her head and on her skis, the Valaisanne took 8th place at 1”96.
Simone Wild, for her part, was too shy during the second route. The Zurich native still took 20th place. Mélanie Meillard (41st) did not find the key on this track and did not see the 2nd round.
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