The day following Ester Ledecka’s victory, Crans Montana’s second downhill was won by Priska Nufer on Sunday. At 30, the Swiss has signed the first victory of her career in the World Cup. The day before, she had placed fourth, her first Top 5 on the circuit. Starting with bib number 2, Nufer was ahead of Ledecka by only 11 hundredths, and the Italian Sofia Goggia (+ 0”23).
Slovak Petra Vlhova, recent Olympic slalom champion, took 16th place. This result allows him to join Mikaela Shiffrin at the top of the general classification of the World Cup. The American was not aligned in Crans Montana on Sunday. If Vlhova had finished at least 15th, she would have been alone in the lead. Coincidentally, it was another American, Isabella Wright (bib 37), who deprived her of this performance, taking a fine 10th place.
In the race for the Crystal Globe of the Downhill World Cup, Goggia managed a good operation, as she beat her rival, the Swiss Corinne Suter, fourth (+0”27). On the French side, Romane Miradoli was the best ranked (12th, + 0”62). Laura Gauché took 18th place (+ 1”25). It was the last descent before the World Cup finals, in Courchevel and Méribel, from March 16.
