Simply the super-G that you do not expect. Race tiratissima, treacherous path, a surprise podium. Eventually check the Austrian Andrea Fischbacher and the victory was clear: There are 49 hundredths of a delay accused the Slovenian Tina Maze (silver), 74 even those of Queen Lindsey Vonn (bronze).
The difficulty of the super-g are known to all: hybrid discipline that draws on both the speed of descent as the corners of the giant, and no chance for athletes to try their hand on the track in the days before. Only a simple reconnaissance just before the start, to study the best paths to discover the secrets of a track on which speeding at 100 mph a few hours later. The tracker autriaco Juergen Kriechbaum gets commitment and disseminates the path of pitfalls, so many, too many. Change of direction after the bumps to be tackled in the air, tight corners that seem to clash with the high speeds, in short, less mistakes wins.
Opens dances Julia Mancuso (9 ° at the end) but the star of the moment, bi-Olympic medal within 24 hours, is betrayed by the change of course on the dish halfway down. Yet his time resisting for ten numbers: out Brydon, Kamer, Marchand, Ferk Schmidhofer and Rebensburg. A sort of slaughter that terminates only Maria Riesch (8 °) with a smooth descent without excessive risk; first temporary but still to big to discipline the starting gate. Part Lizzie Goergl badly (5th), who fights with a stick in the boost phase, but the final progression enables it to override the German: joy that lasts but a minute and a half, a little less, finding an insurmountable obstacle in the usual superiority of Wonderwoman Lindsey Vonn, able to build on top of the track the gap enough to keep up with the Austrian.
And when everything is written and granted, check the unknown you do not expect, that can change the outcome of a highly anticipated event four years: the sun rises above the tops Whistler and the light on an Olympic track peeps been up to that moment in the uncomfortable darkness. Humps and hollows highlighted, Snow made perhaps a little faster: it immediately aproffittano Andrea Fischbacher and Tina Maze, the conquest of the two most precious metals, while the company fails to un'affaticata Anja Paerson (11 °), forced to give way at the end after good start partial.
The occasion is greedy and try to jump into the fray even the blue, which gave favorable draw chest high. But the miracle remains unfinished, only touched upon, and the podium will be denied for only 11 damn cents. And 'this is the response of the clock on arrival at the finish line of Johanna Schnarf (4th), 25-year-old's best result to date in Bressanone, pure combinatio with no significant placement in downhill and super-g. This was the first medal in Alpine skiing, the only in the speed disciplines, and the news is paradoxical if we think that Johanna, without injury to Nadia Fanchini in Vancouver should not even be there. Excellent test Lucia Recchia (7 th), partial disappointment Elena Fanchini (14 °) and Daniela Merighetti (the third fall in three races).
appointment tomorrow with the men's super combined, girls will be back on track instead of the giant slalom Wednesday. In the hope that the wood becomes metal, confident that the timing should be our friend.
David Collareta
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