Sofia Goggia returns to super-giant, first victory over the Pyrenees

Forgotten the small disappointment at the Olympics where she came out in super-g when she was leading in the first of the two races won by Federica Brignone, Sofia Goggiatriumphs over the for the first timePyrenees. La blue championhe won the secondWorld Cup super-giant di solder in Andorra. La Bergamo championwho had never won on the Pyrenean snows, hit the markvictory number 28 of his career.

Perfect thereSofia’s descentespecially in the central section of thetrack ‘Aliga’the most technical one. Goggia, who came down with bib number 11, stopped the clock at the finish line at a time of1’25″95preceding the Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoff Lie by 31 hundredths (8 meters), who then slipped to third place having been overtaken by the German Emma Aicher, 24 hundredths behind the Italian, winner of the first super-G yesterday.

Sixth podium of the season in the Cup

With an excellent performance in the most difficult section of the Andorran track,Goggiashe went to successfully seize thesixth podium of the season in the Cupseventh if bronze is added indownhill of the Milan Cortina Olympic Games. The standard bearer of theYellow FlamesIt was very good at setting corners and tackling the many bumps there. Sofia completes the ‘with todayaround the world’ of victories. In fact, after winning the first two races ofWorld Cupon the barren mountains ofSouth Korea(4-5 March 2017) which the following year saw her triumph in thedownhill of the PyeongChang Olympic Gamesthe Italian triumphed over the following yearsalpine trail– from France to Austria passing through Switzerland and Italy – but also on those ofCanada e United States e Scandinavia(Aare in Sweden). Fifth place forLaura Pirovano77 cents from Goggia and 46 from what would have been his first podium in the Cup.

The other Italians: Brignone 8th and Curtoni 15th

EighthFederica Brignone: la Olympic championin pain with her leg which was seriously injured on 3 April last year at the Italians, suffered in the upper part of the track and was 1″43 behind her compatriot. FifteenthElena Curtoniat 2″15.With today’s success, Goggia, 33 years old, from Bergamo, a great Atalanta fan, in addition to bringing68 podiums in the Cupstretches to the top in thesuper-G ranking. The blue, when they miss the matchVal di Fassanext week and the final at the end of MarchHafjell (Norway)drive with420 points84 more than the New ZealanderAlice Robinsonsecond yesterday, seventh today. Aicher is third at 116 points. All positions unchanged until the twelfthWorld Cup. The American remains in commandMikaela Shiffrinwith 1133 points ahead of SwitzerlandCamille Rastwith 963. Both did not compete today. Third is Aicher with 914, fourth Goggia with 786, fifth Robinson with 669.Female white circus ritorna in Italiafor the three days on‘La VolatA’ track a San Pellegrino pass in Val di Fassa. Friday the 6th is scheduledCrans-Montana recovery downhillSaturday 7thdescent foreseen by the calendar e domenica 8 un supergianting.

Goggia: happy for my all-attacking game in Brignone

“I’m really happy, I had a great race, all on the attack even in the two points where we needed to be more careful.” He said itSofia Goggia vincitrice del World Cup super-giant a solder in Andorra. La 33 year old champion from Bergamo sulle snows of the Pyreneeshe hit the mark28th career successallowing theItaliato reach altitude144 victoriesin the history ofWomen’s alpine skiing white circus. The record isFederica Brignone con 37 victories. “I think that between yesterday and today the difference wasn’t much, I pushed harder but it was above all the different strategy when entering the wall that launched me today – explained the representative of theYellow Flames-. Yesterday I was aware that there was something wrong in the central section: it paid more to stay tall before entering the wall and having fixed that detail led me to win.”

Talking about the primacy inspecialty cup rankingSofia said, “I’m happy with my tests insuper MrI believe it is the result of a lot of work done also ingigantein this discipline which is the perfect combination oftechnique and speed“. Regarding the final goal, Goggia stated, “theSpecialty cupit remains a dream and I maintain my concentration day by day to try to make it come true, I also have a feeling with thedescentbut it was a particular season: I started wellSt. MoritzI made a mistakeVal d’Isereand in January I paid for tracks and conditions that were not suitable for me.”

Brignone: I wasn’t able to express myself at my level

Federica Brignoneeighth, in the parterre oftrack ‘Aliga’speaking about her performance, she said, “it’s a shame because I wasn’t able to express myself at my level for the whole race, in the lower part I was able to ski at the same level as Sofia” specifying, referring to the leg that was seriously injured in April last year, that, “it was a tough week, but I really like being here and being in the group, with the other girls, I’m happy to be like this, then we’ll see day by day”.