The women’s speed kick-off takes place in Lake Louise. Switzerland is at the start with two trump cards.
Two runs and a Super-G are on schedule at Lake Louise since Friday. Like the Swiss men last week, the women didn’t arrive with the best cast. Michelle Gisin, who fell ill with glandular fever in the summer, decided not to travel to Canada.
However, the two biggest Swiss trump cards are Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Sutter. Both showed impressive consistency last season.
Gut-Behrami: With That Good Solden Feeling In The Beginning
Gut-Behrami won four of six Super-G’s at the World Cup last winter and won the discipline with an improved crystal ball. The Ticino woman was also the fastest of the last two World Cup downhill runs in Val di Fasa, and also won World Cup gold in the Super G and bronze in the downhill at Cortina d’Ampezzo.
I want to answer on the slopes.
Gut-Behrami made his debut in the Olympic Winter, finishing second in the giant slalom in Sölden. At the end of October she was equal to Mikaela Shiffrin on Rittenbach Glacier and above the rest of the competition.
The Ticino woman is battling a protracted cold, which she has not been able to overcome completely due to dry air and travel abroad. So she tries to isolate herself as much as possible and concentrates on the race. “I want to answer on the slopes,” announced Gut-Behrami.
Sutter: I got my move again quickly
Sutter was crowned downhill world champion in February and finished second in the World Cup Super-G. She won the World Cup downhill in the Val d’Isre and finished on the podium four times in her favorite discipline, once more than Super-G.
Schweizerin began his season at Lake Louise after suffering bone wounds to both shin plateaus after a fall at St. Moritz two months earlier. After a five-week break, she quickly found her way back to training.
Speed trainer Roland Platzer has absolutely no worries: “The international comparisons are missing, but they make a good impression.” The souter drove brilliantly before the injury and has now completed the full program in Nakiska. She was pain free.
The second guard wants to prove himself
And what can you expect from 2nd Guard? The speed trainer counts on Prisca Knufer to take her first podium this season. Joanna Hahlen has brushed off the mess last season in which she was blocked after a fall at the Val d’Isre. And a supplier change gave Jasmine Flurry a noticeable boost. So you might be curious.
