Gut-Behrami is catching up in the battle for the Super-G bullet

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Only eight points are missing. Lara Gut-Behrami (31) sniffs the red jersey of the discipline leaders in the Super-G classification thanks to third place in Kvitfjell. Italy’s Elena Curtoni (32), who finished second on the Bernhard Russi-built Olympia barges, now wears it.

“That was strong skiing. It’s cool to be on the podium again,” says Gut-Behrami at the finish. Six races, including the medalless World Championships, she had to wait for the feeling. However, the Ticino resident is not entirely happy. Why? Because during her journey from the start at 782 meters down to 182 meters above sea level was too careful. “The slope is easier than I thought. I have to trust myself more and drive more directly. There were corners where I was a bit on the safe side . »

Gut-Behrami managed to do this for a long time in the first of two Super-G races at Kvitfjell. She drives in a low setting, precise and technically clean. Gut-Behrami is the fastest in the final split, just before the endless home stretch begins. Your problem: the measured 99.9 km/h is only the 17th best value. The bottom line is she’s going too far. She gets the reward for that at the finish, she misses her 37th World Cup victory by 12 hundredths.

“It kind of annoys me”

“I’ve been riding well for months, but I’m not in the flow,” says Gut-Behrami. What she means: The last self-image she wants is missing. “That irritates me a little.”

Nevertheless, her performance is easy enough to clearly be the best Swiss on this cold day north of Oslo. A total of seven Swiss women make it to the top 23 of the ranking, with Corinne Suter in 9th place (“In general it’s good”) and Jasmine Flury in 11th (“I didn’t always dare to push myself”) but only two remain in the top 15.

Source : Blick