Ski check: This is how the weekend went: Miss Gucci shows everyone, SRF man shows his lederhosen

A total of 35 drivers failed to reach the Cortina finish in three races. Two Swiss women had the hardest time: Joana Hählen and Corinne Suter – both tore their cruciate ligaments. “So many injured – that can’t be true,” says Michelle Gisin. She also fell violently and has to go outside with a bruised shoe edge. The FIS must analyze the events carefully. “We always do that,” says FIS race director Peter Gerdol.

After the Bernese Oberlander Franjo von Allmen (22), Nils Allegre was the most astonishing from Garmisch. The 30-year-old Frenchman has been a classics driver until now; before the first Super-G at the Kandahar he was never better than fourth in the World Cup. But on Saturday Allegre benefited from the fact that the light improved from starting number 16. The man from the south-east of France with starting number 18 was victorious ahead of the Italian Guglielmo Bosca, who started the race at 17. Both could not confirm their performances the next day: Allegre was 14th in the second Garmisch Super-G, Bosca 18th.

After the two descents on the Kitzbüheler Streif and the Super-G victory on the Lauberhorn, Cyprien Sarrazin was also considered the favorite in Garmisch. But the French “Skidane” could not live up to expectations: Saturday 11th, Sunday out. This means the 29-year-old can forget about winning the Super-G ball – with two races to go he is 216 points behind Marco Odermatt in the overall discipline standings. The two Austrians Vincent Kriechmayr (121 points behind) and Raphael Haaser (168 points behind) can only theoretically pose a threat to Odermatt.

Third, third, fifth – the Cortina triplet didn’t go exactly as speed dominator Sofia Goggia had hoped. Not only, but also because of the wind lottery on Saturday. She may have saved the victory for 2026 – when the Olympic women’s races take place on the Tofana. “This will be the apotheosis of skiing,” says the Italian from the lowlands.

Lara Gut-Behrami not only wins the Super-G, but also the World Cup for the 41st time. She leaves ski legend Pirmin Zurbriggen (40 victories) behind her. The Ticino woman is still seventh on the all-time women’s rankings – but Swede Anja Pärson (42 wins) must be prepared to catch up quickly.

It was 1:18 PM when the Saturday departure was canceled. The reason? An A network is broken. The result: the Kenyan Sabrina Simader (start number 44) and the Austrian Ricarda Haaser (start number 45) are no longer allowed to run. After almost three hours of waiting (the race started at 10:30 am), the day was over for them – without a race. In the evening during the team management meeting, ÖSV head coach Roland Assinger complained: “I do not agree with the decision of the race jury. They deserve to be able to drive.”

SRF ski expert in Cortina is Stefan Abplanalp. And he has a huge program ahead of him in the coming weeks. Because: Tina Weirather (34, Lie) became a mother for the first time on Sunday, according to Radio Liechtenstein. She will return to the microphone next winter. For now, Weirather is enjoying time with his son Lio – both are doing well.

When Austrian mega all-rounder Marco Schwarz suffered a serious crash in New Year’s week, five-time World Cup winner Marc Girardelli predicted “that Marco Odermatt could fly to the Maldives on holiday at the end of January because he will already be confirmed as the overall winner of the World Cup at that time .” Was the Luxembourger right? The fact is: after 23 of the 39 races, the defending champion leads 722 points ahead of Cyprien Sarrazin and 847 points ahead of Manuel Feller. Speed ​​specialist Sarazin will probably not score more than 400 points at the World Cup finals in Saalbach, because there are only two downhills and two Super-Gs on the program. Feller is expected to compete in six giant and six slalom races. In the best case, the Austrian could score 1200 points. Because such a series of successes is less likely than a heavy snowstorm on Copacabana, Odermatt can already look forward to his third overall victory in a row.

What’s wrong with him? This is the question some drivers asked themselves when SRF commentator Adrian Arnet showed up in short lederhosen instead of a ski suit to watch the second Super-G in Garmisch. Arnet’s co-commentator Marc Berthod explains: “Adi and I bet on Stefan Rogentin’s placement in the first Super-G. He put Rogi in ninth place and I in eighth place. Since Stefan came seventh, I won the bet. At Rogi’s request, the loser had to complete the route inspection in lederhosen.”

Because the native of Central Switzerland does not own lederhosen himself, he borrowed some from Felix Neureuther.