Federica Brignone starts the ski World Cup season!

Federica Brignone starts the ski World Cup season!

In exciting opening training for the first World Cup departure of the skiing season in Beaver Creek, Colorado, the Italian Federica Brignone put the competition in the shade with an impressive best. Brignone was 0.39 seconds faster than the second-placed Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami. The fastest Austrian, Mirjam Puchner, came to a solid sixth place with a gap of 1.16 seconds. The departure world captitle defender Cornelia Hütter also cut off respectable and landed in eleven. Sofia Goggia celebrated a promising comeback after her eight -month injury break and thus put itself in position for the upcoming competitions.

lindsey vonn on comeback course

The former Ski Queen Lindsey Vonn appeared as a forerunner and prepared for her desired re-entry this weekend. Vonn had recently participated in a number of FIS races in Copper Mountain to collect the points that are necessary to return to the World Cup. "I officially qualified for the World Cup! The races this weekend were a lot of fun," said Vonn full of enthusiasm on Instagram. After a partial replacement of her damaged knee last April, the 40-year-old feels fit again and, by testing the departure and Super-G courses, brings himself to an optimal starting position before the official races, such as ABC News reported .

The weekend promises to be exciting, as the departure is due on Saturday on the challenging Birds of Prey course, followed by a Super-G race on Sunday. Lindsey Vonn will also be a forerunner on the other training days to ensure that everything goes smoothly. In the meantime, the current record of Mikaela Shiffrin, who recently surpassed the women's record of Vonn with 99 World Cup victories, will also be involved in the thoughts of the fans. Due to an injury, Shiffrin itself will not be able to take part in the Beaver Creek race, which makes the situation all the more exciting for the competition.