It is March in Grandvalira and the cameraman wears brief sleeves.
It is March in Grandvalira and the cameraman wears brief sleeves.
Skiers launch themselves in the direction of the end line, cross it at 110 km/h after which skid to a cease. They fly previous the cameraman, who's splattered with snow whereas holding the steadycam. In some sections of the Àliga, the observe that hosts the Supergiant, there's a warning of ice. The warmth is noticeable. We ponder the scene in shirt sleeves, with sun shades and a cap. In March the solar radiates its energy.
Elena Curtoni (32) finishes the descent, turns her gaze in the direction of the scoreboard and lets unfastened.
The marker curses her.
The Italian, chief till that second, has been thick and inefficient. He didn't know easy methods to reinterpret the state of the observe, which at that second was already mushy and gradual. He has recorded the tenth time. She was an abyss (1s23) behind the winner, Lara Intestine, and that may be a catastrophe. Curtoni is not going to emulate Sofia Goggia, the champion of the wake, the queen of the descent.
Curtoni will not acquire the Crystal Globe and even get on the Tremendous-G podium. It will likely be fourth.
Sitting on the chief's throne for the day, Lara Intestine (31) breathes a sigh of aid. She will be able to now rejoice the success, it's her fifth Crystal Globe, the fourth she has collected on the Supergiant (she has a fifth Crystal Globe as champion of every thing, the one from 2016).
Intestine has been blessed by a masterful descent and by the circumstances of the observe, a lot better in flip. Curtoni has descended later, with the solar burning and the observe slowing.
The struggle has been fascinating. 5 feminine skiers competed for the title of the self-discipline.
– We have been all very shut to one another, and the Tremendous-G is a demanding take a look at. Staying throughout the route, descending so shortly, is an actual problem - says Lara Intestine.
Below the warmth, the youngsters who populate the stands additionally witness the decomposition of Mikaela Shiffrin (28). The most effective feminine skier in historical past (women and men included) by no means enters the race. Neither is it anticipated.
The Tremendous-G reveals its weaknesses. Shiffrin is extra technical than quick. He by no means finds his rhythm, and the ultimate document is a drop: he's 1s46 behind Intestine.
In accordance with the technicians, she competed relaxed. The final classification title was his, by an extended shot, with a margin of 1 thousand factors over Intestine. It had been his residence for weeks, lengthy earlier than he landed in Grandvalira.
Regardless of the decline, Andorra retains its arms.
The American is predicted to multiply her performances within the checks tomorrow (the enormous) and Sunday (the slalom).
Shiffrin, the all-time main skier (she has 87 World Cup wins, greater than anybody in historical past, greater than Ingemar Stenmark and Lindsey Vonn), has 5 total titles and ten extra Crystal Globes. Seven of which he has achieved within the slalom, and two extra within the big. These are the checks he masters greatest.
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