Sölden (Austria) (AFP)
The Italian Marta Bassino, defending champion of the small globe of the specialty and victorious in Sölden last year, she started at the fault, missing a gate in the second half of the course.
Gut-Behrami, crowned world champion in February in giant and super-G, can clinch a third victory in Sölden after her successes in 2013 and 2016. But she will have to manage a minimal lead against Mikaela Shiffrin, who was slightly inclined in front of the Swiss at the Cortina Worlds.
For the return of the public, after a season behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the boiling Austrian spectators massed at the bottom of the Rettenbach glacier found material to ignite for their compatriots Stephanie Brunner, third time at 54 / 100th by Gut-Behrami, and Katharina Liensberger, fourth at 63 / 100th.
The French Tessa Worley finished beyond 15th place, 1 second 65 hundredths behind Gut-Behrami.
The second round is scheduled from 1:15 p.m.
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