MADRID, 6 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Italian skier Federica Brignone became the first world champion of the Alpine Ski World Championships that are being held since Monday in Courchevel Meribel (France), and where the surprise came with the American Mikaela Shiffrin, who could not even climb to the podium.
The American, favorite for her status as defending champion and for her dominance in the World Cup, but was unable to win her first metal of the event as she was disqualified in the slalom downhill after having been sixth in the super-giant heat.
For his part, Brignone, who has 21 victories in the World Cup and a total of 53 podiums to his credit, won his first gold in a major international competition taking advantage of his advantage in the Super-G, which he knew how to defend in the slalom, where was second
The Italian skier signed a total time of 1:57.47 to widely surpass the Swiss Wendy Holdener and the Austrian Ricarda Haaser, silver and bronze by more than a second and a half and two seconds, respectively.