Sportal.eu

Tommaso Giacomel da urlo: wins the Hochfilzen sprint

Getty Images

A fabulous Tommaso Giacomel wins the Hochfilzen sprint, which opens the Austrian weekend. For the 25-year-old Azzurro this is the second career victory, less than a year after his success in the Ruhpolding mass start last season.

Luca GiorgettiEternal Lindsey Vonn: historic triumph in St. Moritz. Photos

Lindsey Vonn wins the downhill in St. Moritz that opened the World Cup fast track season
The 41-year-old U.S. woman, back in the race last season after five years off from competition, dominates on the 'Corviglia' .
Vonn returns to triumph nearly eight years after'her last World Cup victory.
The American champion made the difference in the second part of the race finishing in 1'29"63.
Second the Austrian Maddalena Egger who is 98 hundredths behind Vonn.

Third was compatriot Miriam Puchner, more than a second behind the winner.
Sofia Goggia finishes at the foot of the podium in fourth place with 1'31 delay.
For Vonn this is the'83rd career World Cup victory.
The American becomes the'oldest athlete to achieve a World Cup success.
Vonn breaks Federica Brignone’s record who had won a World Cup superG race at more than 34 years of age.

For Vonn, it is also the 44th personal downhill success.
The all-time queen in speed has sent a clear message ahead of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics

The Light Blue financier’s race was always at the top of the charts, with a final acceleration that cut through any opponent. Perfect in both shooting sessions, Giacomel was also very fast on skis, finishing with a time of 23’04″5, 4 seconds better than Frenchman Eric Perrot, and 6 better than German Philipp Horn. All three top performers did not make any mistakes on the shot and set up a tight finish, from which the Italian rider himself emerged the winner.

Lukas Hofer finished in 28th place with 2 errors and 1’30″3 disadvantage, while he is 45th Patrick Braunhofer, 1 error, at 1’55″8 Over 50th place Didier Bionaz, Elia Zeni, Christoph Pircher. There are still five Azzurri qualified for the pursuit.

Giacomel thus climbs to third place in the overall standings, still led by Norway’s Johan-Olav Botn (now fourth) at 300 points, followed by Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson at 224, just one point ahead of Giacomel, who is at 223. Scheduled for Saturday is the pursuit, starting at 12 noon and live on Eurosport.

Tags:

You may also like...