MADRID, 16 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The American skier Mikael Shiffrin did not fail this Thursday and confirmed her favoritism by winning the gold medal in the giant category of the Alpine Ski World Championships that are being held in Courchevel Méribel (France).
The American was the rival to beat in this discipline, of which she is the current leader of the 2022-2023 World Cup with five wins, and made good forecasts although she had to suffer because of a second discreet descent where she was favored for the disqualification of the French Tessa Worley.
Shiffrin hung his second medal in the World Cup event after silver in super-giant and the thirteenth of his record, which places it as the second in the history of the World Cups behind the 15 achieved by the German Christl Cranz in the decade of 1930.
The American began to cement her victory after the first round of the giant held on the ‘Roc de Fer’ track of the French station, in which, thanks to her great finale, she was the best time, although she was stalked by Worley, double world champion of this discipline and that he stayed at 12 hundredths. The Italian Federica Brignone was the third to 31 and the rest was already more than half a second.
Norway’s Ragnhild Mowinckel rose from fifth to the bronze medal, while hosts France suffered a severe setback when former two-time champion Tessa Worley crashed on the lower stage after placing second in race one.
However, the French skier went to the ground on the second descent and paved the way for the American, who did not have to risk as much. In fact, she was the twelfth fastest time of this race, which did not prevent her from taking the gold with 12 hundredths ahead of Brignone, while the podium was completed by the Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel, who was 22 seconds behind.