Crans-Montana has the honor of being the first World Cup station to host the Olympic medalist from the Beijing 2022 speed events. On Saturday (10:30 a.m.) and Sunday (10:00 a.m.) runs 7 and 8 of the 2021/22 season, which is drawing to a close, are on the program. First, however, there are two downhill training sessions on Thursday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. The official FIS start list for the 1st downhill training on Thursday in Crans-Montana on the Mont Lachaux slope, as well as the start numbers and the FIS live ticker can be found in the menu above.
Facts and Figures – Women’s Ski World Cup
7th women’s downhill in Crans-MontanaFIS start list: 1. Downhill training
FIS live ticker: 1st downhill training
FIS final score: 1st downhill trainingWomen’s overall World Cup standings 2021/22
Women’s World Cup Downhill 2021/22Nations Cup: women’s ranking
Nations Cup: overall standingsAll data will be updated upon arrival
All six Olympic medal winners in downhill and super-G are part of the spectacular game. And who would have thought before the games that these would be from Corinne Suter and Lara Gut-Behrami led! The Schwyz woman triumphed in the downhill ahead of the Italians Sofia Goggia and Nadia DeLagothe Ticino in the Super-G in front of the Austrian Mirjam Puchner and teammate Michelle Gisinthe now two-time Olympic champion in combined and ambassador of the Valais candidacy for the World Championships.
The two Swiss Olympic champions are therefore the logical magnets of the downhill doubles on the selective Mont Lachaux slope. The expectations of the audience are all the greater since the duo, which guarantees success, celebrated two double victories at the penultimate World Cup stop in Valais on February 20th and 21st, 2020 in front of over 20,000 enthusiastic spectators. At the last time in Crans-Montana in January 2021, high-flyer Goggia celebrated twice in the downhill and Gut-Behrami in the Super-G. Unfortunately without a spectator.
The speed faction’s first Olympic revenge promises to be very exciting, also with regard to the World Cup crystal ball for the season’s best in downhill. The four-time winner of the season, Goggia, leads with 400 points. With three races to go, she has a 69-point lead over Olympic champion Corinne Suter, her closest pursuer, followed by Ramona Siebenhofer (122 p. back) and Breezy Johnsonwho, after three second places in a row, suffered serious injuries and has been missing since then. Jasmine Flury (9.) and Gut-Behrami (10th) are almost 250 points behind Goggia and have no realistic chance of finishing top in the final. Your goal is to increase the number of previous podium places – 1 each. In addition to Goggia (4x) and Johnson (3x), six other riders made it into the top 3 in the first six descents: Suter, Siebenhofer and Puchner (2x each), Kira Weidle, Cornelia Hütter and Ester Ledecka (1 each). This is the circle of favorites.
Women’s downhill races of the 2021/22 season
- Women’s downhill skiing in Lake Louise
The azure ski racer showed up on the first descent of the season Sofia Goggia in a remarkable early form. The winner of the discipline classification last season sent the American away Breezy Johnson and the Austrian Mirjam Puchner to positions two and three. Puchner’s teammate Ramona Siebenhofer ended her working day in fourth place. The Swiss athlete Corinne Suter ranked fifth. The young South Tyrolean Nadia DeLago was satisfied with her first outing this winter and dropped to sixth place. The sympathetic and strengthened ÖSV representative was also good Conny Huetter On the way; she finished seventh. It was a good year after her serious injury Nicol Delago back in action. In her comeback race, the Val Gardena native dropped to eighth place. Suter’s teammate Jasmine Flury positioned himself in ninth place and was a little hundredth of a second faster than the German Kira Weidlewho was tithing.
- Women’s downhill skiing in Lake Louise
Like the day before, the Italian won on Saturday Sofia Goggia. The Italian again referred the American Breezy Johnson in second place. The Swiss woman Corinne Suter climbed to the lowest step of the podium in third place. The Styrian showed a very good, if not excellent, performance Cornelia Hütter, which was rewarded with fourth place. The young South Tyrolean Nadia DeLago swung behind the unleashed driving Christine Scheyer from Team Austria in sixth place. The German Kira Weidle booked her Olympic ticket for Beijing as the seventh in a sovereign manner. Third best Austrian Mirjam Puchner as eighth. The Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon was ninth in her home race and was exactly a tenth of a second faster than the azure ski racer in the final count Federica Brignonewhich found itself in tenth place.
- Women’s downhill skiing in Val d’Isère
The Italian secured herself in Val d’Isère Sofia Goggia the third win of the season in this discipline. The American swung to second place Breezy Johnson Mirjam Puchner from Austria. Puchner’s compatriots took fourth and fifth place Ramona Siebenhofer and the Slovenian Ilka Stuhec a. The Swiss woman Corinne Suter took sixth place. With the Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel the heartiest laugh of the Ski World Cup positioned itself in seventh place. The top ten of the day came from the South Tyrolean, who was driving hard again Nadia DeLago (8th), her experienced teammate Elena Curtoni (9th) and the Swiss all-rounder Michelle Gisin (10.), which must be included in the calculation for every race, rounded down.
- Women’s downhill skiing in Zauchensee
The Swiss won the women’s downhill run in Zauchensee Lara Gut-Behrami. Great was the joy Kira Weidle the race ahead of the Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer (3rd) finished in second place. The South Tyrolean Nadia DeLago With her fourth place, she impressively underlined how comfortable she feels on this slope in the Salzburger Land. Marie-Michele Gagnon from Canada ranked fifth. The Italian Federica Brignone dropped to sixth place. Corinne Suter from Switzerland came in seventh. The top 10 were made by the Czech Ester Ledecká (8.), the young Swiss ski athlete Jasmine Flury (9th) and the women from Vorarlberg Christine Scheyer (10.) rounded.
- Women’s downhill skiing in Cortina d’Ampezzo
The Italian won the women’s downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo Sofia Goggia in front of the Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer (2.) and the Czech Ester Ledecká (3rd). The Swiss woman Corinne Suter (4.) missed the podium in the Belluno Dolomites by just seven tiny hundredths of a second, Mirjam Puchner swung away in fifth. Classified behind the lady from Salzburger Land Michelle Gisin in sixth place. About a very good seventh place Elizabeth Reisinger be happy. The Austrian referred the experienced Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel in eighth place. The top ten of the classification were from the Tessinerin Lara Gut-Behrami (9th) and the Germans Kira Weidle (10th) completed.
- Women’s downhill skiing in Cortina d’Ampezzo
The reigning world champion won the last women’s downhill run before the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing Corinne Suter from Switzerland in front of her compatriot Jasmine Flury and the Austrian Cornelia Hütter. The local hero Kira Weidle came fourth and narrowly missed the podium. The South Tyrolean Nadia DeLago classified fifth behind the German. Very well presented Elizabeth Reisinger (6.) from Team Austria, her compatriot who has recovered from a corona disease Ariane Radler relegated to seventh place. with Joana Hählen the third best Swiss Ski lady drove in eighth place. The top ten were awarded by Marie-Michele Gagnon (9th) from Canada and the ÖSV-Lady Christine Schreyer (10.) complete.
Olympic women’s downhill skiing in Beijing (Yanqing)
The most prestigious ski race of the 2021/22 Olympic winter for the speed women has been won. In the supreme discipline, the Olympic women’s downhill in Beijing (Yanqing) secured Corinne Suter (SUI) the gold medal. About silver could itself Sofia Goggia (ITA) happy, Bronze went to Nadia DeLago (ITA). Kira Weidle from Germany, who was fourth, just missed the podium and finished in front of the Italian Elena Curtoni and Joana Hählen from Switzerland in fourth place. Finished in seventh place Cornelia Hütteras the best Austrian, the Olympic downhill ahead of her teammate Mirjam Puchner and the Canadian, who was eighth at the same time Marie-Michele Gagnon. Behind the French Laura Left and Nicol Delago lined up Ramona Siebenhofer in twelfth place.
Looking back season 2020/21
Women’s downhill skiing in Crans Montana (Friday)The Italian won the first descent in Crans-Montana, Switzerland Sofia Goggia The Czech swung into second place Ester Ledecká away. The American placed third Breezy Johnson. The Slovak offered a very good descent line Petra Vlhováwho more than rewarded herself with reaching fourth place thanks to her brisk driving style. Jasmine Flury from the Swiss Ski Team and Kira Weidle from Germany shared fifth place. Priska Nufer who started the race with the starting number 29 swung away in seventh place. Best ÖSV lady classified Mirjam Puchner on the 8th place. The top 10 were made by the Italian Federica Brignone and the young South Tyrolean Nadia DeLago completed.
Women’s downhill skiing in Crans Montana (Saturday)
Sofia Goggia was unstoppable in Crans Montana. The 2018 Olympic champion also won the Crans Montana downhill on Saturday, this time ahead of last year’s Swiss champion Lara Gut-Behrami and her teammate Elena Curtoni. The Italian Laura Pirovano was happy with fourth place. The American who actually took third place Breezy Johnson had to settle for fifth place. She was classified as the second best Swiss Jasmina Suter in sixth place. The Slovak Petra Vlhová once again showed her driving class and was more than satisfied with 7th place. Things didn’t go according to plan for the Swiss ski athlete Corinne Suter, who finished eighth and lost valuable points in the fight for the small crystal globe. 4th Best Azure Athlete Federica Brignone she lined up in ninth place. The top ten were from the Confederate Michelle Gisin completed.
The men’s ski world cup calendar for the 2021/22 season
The women’s ski world cup calendar for the 2021/22 season 