Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) (AFP)
Unlike most other races, a favorite stands out for the super-G of the Alpine Skiing Worlds in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) on Tuesday with the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami, returning to the top.
- The favorite: Lara Gut-Behrami -
Lara Gut-Behrami is absolutely untouchable at the moment: she has won the last four World Cup super-Gs, along with a 2nd place in downhill at Crans-Montana and a 2nd place in giant at Kronplatz (Plan de Corones).
At 29, the Swiss seems to have regained the level of her large crystal globe of 2016. She can Tuesday repair an anomaly in her record: she has five world medals, but no title in six participations in the World Championships.
"I've learned over time that I have everything to gain and nothing to lose. I want to take advantage and just try to replicate my skiing from the last few weeks."
"A gold medal? I understand the question. We're going to the Worlds to try to win something, we don't go there to say + it was good, it made me happy +".
- The defending champion: Mikaela Shiffrin -
American Mikaela Shiffrin has not competed in super-G for over a year and her victory in Bansko at the end of January 2020. Her level in the discipline at the moment therefore remains a mystery.
"I was able to do three days of super-G in training, I will do one more before Cortina. I feel good on the skis, it's fun. I will do my best, I hope. a good result, but I'm going to have trouble defending my title, which was already a surprise in 2019, "she explained at a press conference last week.
- The big odds: Kajsa Vickhoff Lie -
Kajsa Vickhoff Lie is the new Norwegian nugget in speed.
At 22, this almost unknown arrives in Cortina with a positive dynamic: she climbed on her first World Cup podium at the end of January in Garmisch (2nd in the super-G).
The program for Tuesday:
1:00 p.m., super-G ladies
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