Hütter celebrates strong podium in Kvitfjell: Top five is always good!

Hütter celebrates strong podium in Kvitfjell: Top five is always good!

Kvitfjell, Norwegen - Im Kvitfjell, Norway, the weekend for the Styrian skier runs according to plan. On Friday she celebrated a victory and completed the second departure race on Saturday as the third. Hütter, who only 0.19 seconds behind the winner Emma Aicher from Germany and the American Lauren Macuga Lands, has returned with this placement in the fight for the overall ranking. "Top five is always good. Standing on the Stockerl is mega and at the top, everyone wants to be at the top," said the 32-year-old after her run. Your goal: to bring back the World Cup crystal ball, because it is only 16 points behind the leading Federica Brignone from Italy, like Laola1 reported.

Hütter accelerates in training

Before her competition, Hütter was already convincing in the final training, where she took second place. Only the US world champion Breezy Johnson was faster. Hütter was optimistic: "The shape is right, especially the mindset." Obviously, she has left a small shape low that she had before the World Cup. Vice World Champion Mirjam Puchner and Super-G World Champion Stephanie Venier also prepared intensively for the downhill double. However, Venier had to skip training due to angina symptoms. The two top favorites, Lara Gut-Behrami and Federica Brignone, completed the training in the back field, as nön.at reported.