Red bib for Brignone who makes history in Rosa Khutor
Feb 02, 2020·Alpine Skiing
The Italian team continues to amaze and conquer successes on successes. It is again Federica Brignone's turn who, unlike St.Moritz's Super g race, reverses the podium and excels over Sofia Goggia.
Fourteen are the successes of Brignone that slowly approaches the most winning Italian skiers in history: Isolde Kostner with 15 and Deborah Compagnoni with 16 World Cup victories.
For Federica, this is a historic day not only because she won Rosa Khutor first race after Sochi Olympics but mainly because for the first time in her career she wears the Super G red bib.
Brignone became the fourth different winner of a women's super-G this season, after Viktoria Rebensburg, Goggia and Shiffrin won the previous events. This victory sent her at the top of the super g standing by 16 points over Corinne Suter (SUI) and 20 ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin (USA).
Sofia Goggia who returned after missing the last two races with a right leg injury following a downhill crash in Bansko has been able to her second seasonal podium after St.Moritz Super G victory ahead of her teammate Brignone.
The other protagonist of the is Joana Haehlen (SUI) finished 0.34 behind the Italian duo in third for her second career podium, a week after conquering her first downhill World Cup podium.
The women's World Cup continues to Garmisch-Partenkirchen for another speed weekend.
