ÖSV ladies beaten
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Emma Aicher took victory in the second downhill race in St. Moritz on Saturday. The young German thus prevented the next triumph of ski queen Lindsey Vonn. The US American made one mistake and ended up in second place (+0.24), just ahead of Italy's Sofia Goggia (+0.29). The ÖSV ladies put in a solid performance, but had no say in the podium places. The best Austrian is Mirjam Puchner in fifth place (+0.65).
Emma Aicher stole the show from Lindsey Vonn. The German skiing super talent came out on top in the second downhill in St. Moritz ahead of the two speed greats Vonn (+0.24 sec.) and Sofia Goggia (+0.29). Austria's downhill racers missed out on the podium after two podium places the day before. Mirjam Puchner was best in fifth place (+0.65) behind US World Champion Breezy Johnson.
"Fifth place is okay. But I want more, so maybe it's a bit disappointing," said Puchner on ORF and put things into perspective with a view to the botched previous winter. "After last season, I just have to see that I'm consistently at the front. Then I will attack with more confidence." The woman from Salzburg was third the day before. "It's good that I have two top results to start with."
Egger, Ortlieb and Rädler also in the top ten
Magdalena Egger followed up her first World Cup podium with seventh place the day after. "It was important that I stayed calm and didn't start hashing." Nina Ortlieb (8th) and Ariane Rädler (10th) also scored good points. "I did the lower passage in particular much better. That showed that I am definitely capable of learning," Ortlieb told the "Krone" after the race, expressing her satisfaction.
ÖSV figurehead Cornelia Hütter, on the other hand, experienced disappointment in 16th place (+1.44). ORF expert Nicole Schmidhofer saw a scratchy inner ski on her close friend. "That's death on this snow," said Schmidhofer.
One day after her winning comeback, it seemed to be all set for Vonn again. But shortly after the US-American had kept the upper hand in the head-to-head race with Goggia, the 22-year-old Aicher raced to the best time as if on rails, thwarting Vonn's 84th World Cup victory. Puchner took 34/100 off Aicher as the declared super glider in the upper section. In the twisty "Weisses Band" section, however, her entire lead melted like the spring snow. Aicher, who competes in all disciplines, celebrated her third World Cup victory, all in the speed category.
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