For the second time in a row, the Italian Federica Brignone was the winner in Tremblant. Signing his 23rde When she won her career World Cup title, she dominated alpine skiing great Mikaela Shiffrin.
On a stormy afternoon in the Laurentians, the 33-year-old skier literally flew over the Flying Mile and gained valuable time over her competitors. Earlier in the morning, Brignone had already reached the sixth time of the first descent.
After the top 30 starting order started towards the end of the second downhill, the Italian ignored the stronger winds and heavier snow and beat Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami by 0.33 seconds and American Shiffrin by 0.39 seconds.
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“I never thought I would lose more than a second to my competitors in more difficult conditions,” she told CBC after winning her fast and rhythmically flawless descent. I’m better under these conditions, especially since I’ve been training under similar conditions for more than two months.
“I tried everything on this second descent. I’m really happy,” added the woman, who is delighted with her tenth career giant slalom title.
This one-two finish this weekend in Tremblant gives him three podium finishes this season.
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As she arrived at the finish area, Grenier received warm applause from the thousands of spectators gathered around Place St-Bernard.
The local skier had given them reason to make noise because at that moment she had skied the second run for the second time. A time that allowed him to hold on to the hope of a podium finish until Gut-Behrami kicked him out.
In the end, she took sixth place, improving her eighth place compared to the previous day.
It was a mistake at the end of the first lap that cost him dearly.
“I’m not necessarily happy with this result based on my first run,” the Tremblant skier, who clocked 20th in the morning, told CBC. It wasn’t easy this afternoon because of the snow and wind.
“It was a battle on the track, but this top six is still a good result.”
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Her compatriot Cassidy Gray took 24th place.
Among the other Canadians, Quebecers Justine Lamontagne and Justine Clément did not take part in the second round.
Clément finished 50th, while Lamontagne reached 53rd in the morning.
“I’m happier with my race than with Saturday’s,” said Clément, who completed the 51st run the day before. With eight days of training in the snow, I did what I could. In our sport, four seconds is a lot, but then again it’s only 4 seconds. I thought I would finish further away from the leaders. We don’t have the same support as other national teams.”
Lamontagne said she was happy with her World Cup debut, particularly in Tremblant.
“I am happy to have ended my descent. “It’s special to get to the finish area and see everyone,” said the Montana State Bobcats athlete. It was more natural for me today. I knew the route and the sensations.”