Speed ​​weekend in Garmisch: Who is surprised on the departure?

Speed ​​weekend in Garmisch: Who is surprised on the departure?

Garmisch, Deutschland - in Kvitfjell, Norway, the alpine ski stars prepare for an exciting speed weekend. During the final training, Cornelia Hütter cut off with a strong second place, only 0.04 seconds behind US world champion Breezy Johnson. Vice world champion Mirjam Puchner was also in good shape and only had six hundredths of a second behind. Stephanie Venier, on the other hand, had to cancel the training due to angina symptoms, reported krone.at . The Tyrolean Christina Ager took eleventh place after a solid first training session and showed that she is ready for the upcoming downhill double on Friday and Saturday.

in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Ricarda Haaser was also strong when she scored third place in the second departure training, ex aequo with Ager. Your performance comes after a short -missed podium placement in Cortina and speaks for her rising shape curve. The slopes presented differently, with Haaser noticed that the conditions became more challenging by more pace. Christina Ager noted that the speed was positively surprised, while Nina Ortlieb found the route as better. Sofia Goggia, who had traveled with a victory from Cortina, set the best time in the final training and showed that she is also a serious competition in Garmisch, like Kurier reported.

However, the training was not for all athletes according to plan. Cornelia Hütter slipped to 24th place with a gap of over two seconds because she did not find her desired line. However, she was determined to do her best on the competition day and to increase her previous performance. Stephanie Venier wanted to get used to the conditions and emphasized the special connection that she has too Garmisch: "It is like a home race for me." Her previous successes in Garmisch make the races something unique for the Tyrolean.