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The 28-year-old Carabinieri Sports Group athlete won the pursuit race valid for the biathlon CdM.

Lara Gut-Behrami won the second super-G in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee with a time of 1’14″95 and was ahead of two Austrians.

The two blues repeat last year’s triumph in Kaunas; it is the fourth continental medal for them.

The snowboarder from Belluno scored her first World Cup victory in the PGS in Scuol.

The winner was Marco Odermatt of Switzerland, who was 59 hundredths ahead of Cyprien Sarrazin of France.

“The downhill bib is confirmed, but the girls behind me are close and everything is wide open,” admitted the Bergamasque.

Italy women’s skiing experiences another historic day, with two athletes on the podium in the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee downhill.

In Kaunas, third career continental medal for the Rome-born Italian transplanted to Sesto San Giovanni.

The Italian got his first career victory and the first in history for Italy in the skeleton World Cup.

The Italian missed third place in the super-G in Wengen by only 6 hundredths.

Statements from the blue ladies after the super-G in Altenmarkt.

Cornelia Huetter wins the super-G in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, recovery of the cancelled race in St. Moritz.

In Kaunas Lucrezia Beccari and Matteo Guarise won the gold medal, Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini the bronze.

Triplet in the only downhill run

The Swiss skier won the downhill ahead of France’s Sarrazin and Norway’s Kilde.

The Piedmontese athlete is banking on the races in Austria to get back on the podium in the World Cup.

The Valle d’Aosta native has won 24 victories and 63 total podiums in the World Cup so far, and she has no intention of stopping.

The champion from Bergamo concluded her preparation in Val di Fassa and is ready for the Altenmarkt-Zauchensee races.

It is Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin who wins the second time trial of the men’s downhill in Wengen.

Marco Odermatt set the fastest time in the first round of the men’s downhill on the famous Lauberhorn slope in Wengen.

On the schedule are the third and fourth super-giants of the season (the first of which makes up for the one canceled in St. Moritz), scheduled for Friday, Jan. 12 (10:45 a.m.) and Sunday, Jan. 14 (10:45 a.m.), while Saturday, Jan. 13 will be the third downhill (11 a.m.).

The cross-country skiing stage event within the World Cup concluded with the customary climb to Cermis.

Blue finished in second place, just 176 thousandths behind winner Max Langenham.

The Japanese rider also finishes second in Bischofshofen after taking the same place in the previous three stages of the prestigious event. Today’s victory goes to Austrian home favorite Kraft.

“I was not able to give 100 percent as I did on other occasions,” admitted the Aosta Valley skier after her third place in the Kransjka Gora giant slalom.

Far behind his closest pursuers, the Swiss also escapes in the overall standings.

The Italian women’s team does not get off the World Cup podium.

More than 20 centimeters of snow have fallen since last night on the well-known South Tyrolean resort 20 minutes from Bolzano.

The skier from Bergamo spoke on the eve of the giant slalom in Krajska Gora.

“We will find salty snow, and those are good conditions for me,” stressed the skier from Valle d’Aosta.