Speed triple in the KVITFJELL: Who wins the big descents?
Speed triple in the KVITFJELL: Who wins the big descents?
The Alpine Ski World Cup takes place in Kvitfjell in Norwegian with an exciting speed triple. On Friday, the competitions begin with one of two descents that will be broadcast live at 10:30 a.m. The start list is opened by the French woman Laura Gauche, followed by the American Jacqueline Wiles. The first Austrian, Ariane Rädler, will go into the race with start number three. Federica Brignone from Italy, currently leader in the discipline cup, starts the sixth before Ester Ledecka and Super-G World Champion Stephanie Venier contest her runs. Conny Hütter, the only Austrian winner this season, as well as the silver medalist Miriam Puchner will start, while world champion Breezy Johnson from the USA wears the number 19, like laola1.at reported.News about the start number selection
Another exciting aspect of the Ski World Cup is the newly decided regulation for the choice of start numbers for the best downhill. According to a decision of the FIS congress in Cancun, the ten best participants may choose their themselves in the future-an odd between 1 and 19. The revision of the starting order is intended to help improve the declining ratings on descents. In the past, the best athletes with numbers 16 to 22 had to start, which often led to falling viewer interest. Now athletes can strategically decide which position they take, which can be decisive in changing weather conditions, how
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