SOELDEN (AUSTRIA) (ITALPRESS) – An all-Italian opening of the Women’s Alpine Skiing World Cup. In fact, Federica Brignone came out on top in the first race of the new season, the giant slalom in Soelden: third at the end of the first run, the champion from Valle d’Aosta recovered two positions in the second, finishing with an overall time of 2’16″05. Behind her, distanced by 17 hundredths, was New Zealand’s Alice Robinson, and third at 1″08 was Austria’s Julia Scheib. Leading at the halfway point of the race, U.S. Mikaela Shiffrin placed fifth at 1″21 from Brignone. She slips eight steps from the opening run and is 13th, Marta Bassino at 1″86; 20th is Asja Zenere at 3″16. Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami, who complained of a knee injury and chose not to start as a precautionary measure, had not shown up at the start. Forfeit also for Italy’s Ilaria Ghisalberti, who had suffered a fall in training in recent days when she sustained a dislocated right shoulder. Roberta Melesi and Elisa Platino had not qualified for the second run.
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Immediately Brignone in Soelden, his first giant slalom of the season
