Lara Gut-Behrami finishes her one-year absence from the podium and finishes third.
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Afterwards there is great confusion at the PK.
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Lara Gut-Behrami (28) is amazed after her third place at the PK. “What, have I won here before?”
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The confusion doesn’t matter to Gut-Behrami. After a one-year losing streak, she is back on the podium.
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Lara Gut-Behrami (28) is amazed after her third place at the PK. “What, I’ve won here before?” That is exactly what the spokesman in Bansko (Bul) claims. Guesswork in the hall. He continues undeterred: “You were first here five years ago.” He is wrong. Gut-Behrami was tenth in the same location in 2015 (in the Super-G), and it failed in the station wagon.
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The confusion doesn’t matter to Gut-Behrami. After a one-year losing streak, she is back on the podium. «It was not an easy time. I’m happy, it was a cool race. »In the end, seven tenths of the winner Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) is missing. In contrast to other drivers, the Ticino doesn’t struggle with the slopes. «That’s how a Super-G should be. Challenging – you have to dare to drive full. »
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Now she hopes for a ketchup effect
Very few succeed. Corinne Suter (25) does. “I’m glad if I can leave this place again,” she said the previous day. She was annoyed by the very rotating, slow descent. In Super-G she shows a reaction and is strong fifth. “The feeling was catastrophic again,” she says. «But fighting is worthwhile. I had the right attitude. »The result: In the Super G World Cup, she is now second, 36 points behind Shiffrin. 4 races are still pending – everything is open.
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Back to Gut-Behrami. She hopes for a ketchup effect: «If you drive onto the podium once, a lot becomes easier. I hope that I can now take this momentum with me. »