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Here the ÖSV lady left the world elite standing in Cortina

Magdalena Egger came 31st in the super-G in Cortina - but shone with a sensational final section.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

In her first full World Cup speed season, Magdalena Egger is trying to find her feet. With success! After scoring points in the super-G at the start in Beaver Creek, she followed up with her first downhill points in Cortina. Although the Vorarlberg native finished 31st in Sunday's super-G without any points, she still had reason to be happy.

"If you want to be part of the World Cup, you have to hit every turn cleanly, otherwise you'll get a huge schnalzn," Magdalena summed up her first full speed season. After the 23-year-old finished 23rd in the Super-G in Beaver Creek at the start of the winter, she was able to celebrate downhill points for the first time in Cortina in 26th place - in only her third World Cup downhill race. There were also two 31st places, one of which "Mäggy" took on Sunday in the super-G on the legendary "Tofana" slope, where the 2026 Olympic medals will also be up for grabs.

Ideal run in the final section
A race that will remain in her memory even without points. The reason: she was the fastest in the 20-second final section, taking 0.25 seconds off the winner Federica Brignone and even distancing her ÖSV team colleague Conny Hütter by 86 hundredths. "Of course it's a cool thing when you ski your first green sector in the World Cup," said the Lech native happily. "There were three waves that you had to absorb well in order to carry all the speed into the fairly direct final section to the finish. I managed that pretty well."

17 members of the newly founded fan club were on site at the races in Cortina - which made "Mäggy" very happy.(Bild: zVg)

No reason for euphoria for the head pilot, however. "I've also been given some homework again and I'm very aware of what I have to work on," says Egger, who was once again supported by her Carinthian fan club in the Dolomites. "But it's still important to be happy about small successes and intermediate steps. If you only ever look at the big picture, you'll get a hundred more times like this."