16.02.2024

Swiss double in the Valais sunshine

There was Swiss success in the first race on the Mont Lachaux piste, as well as a great atmosphere. Lara Gut-Behrami came first, ahead of Jasmine Flury, who tied in second place with Austria’s Cornelia Hütter.

It was quite a spectacle in Crans-Montana on Friday! Lara Gut-Behrami put in a top-class performance on the Mont Lachaux piste in a fantastic atmosphere, thanks in particular to quite a few schoolchildren being present. In spring-like conditions, the skier from Comano in Ticino claimed her 44th World Cup win.

Despite the fact that the snow had softened slightly due to the warm temperatures, Lara Gut-Behrami managed a clean run, picking up a lot of speed thanks to daring trajectories, to finish 0.21 ahead of her teammate Jasmine Flury and Austria’s Cornelia Hütter, who tied in 2nd place. With this win, Lara Gut-Behrami extends her lead over Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall World Cup rankings. The American is now more than 100 points behind.

A fine performance for Jasmine Flury

After her victory in the downhill at Val d’Isère at the start of the season, Jasmine Flury was looking for another sound result in the discipline. With this, the World Champion secured her fourth World Cup podium. Despite a slightly sluggish upper section, she made up for it on the lower section of the Mont Lachaux piste, to finish in a second place tie with Cornelia Hütter.

Priska Nufer took a nice 7th place, while the rest of the Swiss team finished a little further behind. Noémie Kolly finished in an excellent 24th place, ahead of Michelle Gisin (26th) and Delia Durrer (28th). Janine Schmitt finished 35th, followed by Stephanie Jenal (41st) and Jasmina Suter (43rd).