Super-G in Kvitfjell. Austrian triple victory – Flury pushed off the podium.

Austria celebrates a triple victory in a crazy race.

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Jasmine Flury narrowly misses her third World Cup podium in the second Super-G in Kvitfjell. The downhill world champion is pushed out of the top 3 by the Austrian outsiders Nina Ortlieb, Stephanie Venier and Franziska Gritsch.

Ortlieb (car number 31) leads the classification after 42 drivers ahead of her compatriots Venier (29) and Gritsch (26). Flury, who with the normally unfavorable start number 1 also found better conditions than the top favorites, but worse than the drivers with higher numbers, is only in 6th place. Wendy Holdener is eighth, Stephanie Jenal tenth, Corinne Suter twelfth.

The riders who were also in a good position alongside Suter in the fight for the small crystal globe are in 12th place (Elena Curtoni, at the same time as Suter), 14th (Cornelia Hütter), 15th (Ragnhild Mowinckel), 20th (Lara Gut). -Behrami) and 21 (Federica Brignone).

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Start number 40

???????? Durrer falls behind

Durrer also benefits and starts with a lead. Unfortunately, she does not succeed in the middle part optimally and she loses time again. She finds herself at intermediate rank 23.

Start number 39

???????? Jenal with an outstanding drive to intermediate 10th place

What else is possible for the Swiss here? Jenal starts quickly, but then loses a lot of time until the next split. She shows a strong finish and ranks on the strong intermediate rank 10.

Start number 34

Reisinger with a large deficit

She loses 1.61 seconds at the finish line and joins Joana Hählen in 21st place.

Start number 33

Aicher just off the podium

And now Flury is being handed to the back. Emma Aicher is also faster than the Swiss and pushes her down from intermediate 5th place.

Start number 32

don’t stand a chance

She can’t keep up with her teammates and loses over a second to the best time. It’s enough for intermediate rank 15.

Start number 31

Ortlieb with the new best time – Austrian triple lead

The next Austrian with a very strong ride and a big lead after the gliding passage. She saves 12 hundredths to the finish and takes the lead. Austrian triple leadership in Kvitjell.

Start number 30

Pirovano is eliminated

The Italian cannot benefit from the conditions and is eliminated.

Start number 29

Venier even faster than Gritsch

She can’t keep up with the best time at the top, but revs up again in the lower section of the course and takes the lead in this race. Incredible scenes played out here.

Start number 28

Melesi clearly defeated

She loses too much time at the top and can’t keep up with the best time. She falls back to intermediate rank 18

Start number 27

Johnson without a chance

The American cannot benefit from the conditions and sits in intermediate 14th place.

Start number 26

Gritsch with the best time

We rub our eyes in amazement. The Austrian benefits from the better conditions and builds up a huge lead in the upper section of the course. She can save 31 hundredths to the finish and thus sensationally takes the lead.

Start number 25

Fest with a good ride in the top 10

It’s getting tight again and the Austrian sniffs at a surprise. She is sixth with a strong journey.

Start number 24

???????? Nufer clearly beaten

She can keep up with Goggia until the second split. But after that she has no chance against the Italian and she is classified 18th, 1.71 seconds behind.

Start number 23

Grenier is eliminated

The Canadian has to end the race prematurely because she slips and falls. She stands again and drives to the finish.

Start number 22

Stuhec falls behind

She can also keep up well at the top, but has to admit defeat at the finish by 58 hundredths. And because the classification is very tight, that’s only enough for intermediate 10th place.

Start number 21

Holdener with strong drive on intermediate place 4

Fast start of the Schwyzerin. She can keep up with Goggia up to the fourth split but then loses some time in the final section. But with a strong drive, she takes a good fourth place.

Start number 20

Schmidhofer without a chance

The Austrian cannot keep up with the best times and has to be content with intermediate 14th place for the time being.

Start number 19

Weidle drives just next to the podium

The snowfall decreases and thus the athletes can keep up with the best time in the upper section of the course. At the finish, she was only beaten by 38 hundredths and took fourth place.

Start number 18

Tippler falls behind

The Austrian shows a solid ride and ranks 12th behind Joana Hählen.

Start number 17

Lie at intermediate rank 8

Not all the dice have been cast in this race. Lie starts faster than Goggia and can keep up with the Italian for a long time. At the finish she then loses 68 hundredths and sits ahead of Gut-Behrami in intermediate 8th place.

Start number 16

Goggia takes the lead

The Italian drives aggressively and risky as usual. It pays off and the new best time lights up at the finish line. She takes 19 hundredths from Flury and takes the lead in the rankings

Start number 15

???????? Gut-Behrami falls behind

By the second split she was already losing over a second. Then she attacks and wants to turn it up again. The woman from Ticino only manages this to a limited extent and has to settle for an intermediate 7th place at the finish.

Start number 14

Hütter in intermediate place 5

And it goes in quick succession. Cornelia Hütter made a mistake in the middle section and the gap added up to well over a second. Below she catches up a lot of time again and is 29 hundredths behind in intermediate place 5.

Start number 13

Brignone is defeated

She attacks and drives with a lot of risk. Things aren’t quite right for Brignone and she can’t keep up with the best times. She has to be content with intermediate rank 6 for the time being.

Start number 12

Curtoni shared third place with Suter

The leader in the discipline rating loses more than a second at the top. Thanks to a strong finish on the finish slope, she can reduce the mortgage again and at the same time sits in third place like Suter.

Start number 11

Puchner is eliminated

She starts off just as fast as Flury and takes a little too much risk after that. She misses a goal and is the second athlete eliminated in this race.

Start number 10

Mowinckel missed the podium

The local hero can only keep up with the best time in the last section of the course, but it’s not enough for a podium finish. She loses 32 hundredths and has to be content with intermediate rank 4 for the time being.

Start number 9

???????? Suter on intermediate rank 3

She starts very quickly and loses little time to her teammate. She does not manage the final part optimally and sits 26 hundredths behind in intermediate 3rd place.

Start number 8

???????? Gisin drives next to the podium

By the third time she was almost 2 seconds behind, but she was also catching up a bit on the finish slope. She takes fourth place behind Hählen.

Start number 7

Shiffrin just behind Flury

She can keep the gap within limits in the upper part of the course, but again loses a lot of time in the technical middle part. With a terrific target slope, she can catch up over a second. She falls short of Flury’s best time by 10 hundredths.

Start number 6

Worley with a big deficit

Same picture at Tessa Worley. She comes into the last sector with a deficit of more than 2 seconds and can then catch up a bit. She sits in third place, 1.76 seconds down.

Start number 5

Gauche clearly beaten

There still seems to be a lot of fresh snow on the track at the top, because the Frenchwoman also loses almost 2 seconds before the second split. However, she cannot make up any more time in the lower section of the track and the gap thus totals 2.22 seconds.

Start number 4

???????? Hollow flop at top – top at bottom

The Swiss starts the race after the interruption and is over a second into the race shortly after the start. With a fantastic final slope, she catches up a lot of time again and takes second place behind her teammate Flury.

Start number 3

Robinson falls into the nets – race is interrupted

The New Zealander cannot keep up with the best time in the upper section of the course. After a strong middle section, she slips and falls into the nets. We hope she wasn’t injured.

Start number 2

Siebenhofer falls well behind Flury

After the gliding passage, she already has a lead of 30 hundredths. But in the middle section she can’t keep up with Flury’s time and the lead turns into a deficit. She doesn’t manage the target slope optimally either and she has to admit defeat with a big deficit.

Start number 1

???????? Flury opens the Super-G

In light snowfall, the Swiss is the first athlete to dare to take to the track. She shows an appealing ride up to the finish slope before she makes a small mistake. The time stops at 1:30.13.

Gut-Behrami needs points for the overall World Cup

For the Ticino it is also about consolidating her second place in the overall World Cup. Victory has already been awarded to Mikaela Shiffrin, but behind Gut-Behrami Vlhova and Brignone are close on her heels.

Fight for the little crystal ball

While the downhill and slalom classifications have already been decided, everything in the Super-G points to a close and exciting season finale. Curtoni leads this discipline with a measly lead of 8 points over Gut-Behrami. It’s also extremely tight behind them and 3 other athletes still have a good chance of winning the small crystal ball. With a win today in Kvitfjell, Mowinckel (20 points behind), Hütter (21) and Brignone (32) can still hope for victory in the discipline classification.

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This is how the Swiss start