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![Reason to celebrate: The Swiss women around Corinne Suter have won the national ranking for women for the first time since 1995.]()
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Reason to celebrate: The Swiss women around Corinne Suter have won the national championship for women for the first time since 1995.
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![Compared to last season - when the Swiss women finished 3rd - two drivers in particular have improved. Michelle Gisin and ...]()
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Compared to last season – when the Swiss women finished 3rd – two drivers in particular have improved. Michelle Gisin and …
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![... Lara Gut-Behrami. The Ticino won four Super-G wins and the discipline ball.]()
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… Lara Gut-Behrami. The Ticino won four Super-G wins and the discipline ball.
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![Women's head coach Beat Tschuor praises the team and especially Michelle Gisin.]()
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Women’s head coach Beat Tschuor praises the team and especially Michelle Gisin.
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![Alpine Director Walter Reusser knows: You can't just rest on your success. Because: It doesn't look as rosy among the youngsters as it does at the World Cup level.]()
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Alpine Director Walter Reusser knows: You can’t just rest on your success. Because: It doesn’t look as rosy among the youngsters as it does at the World Cup level.
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Do you remember the sporting year 1995? Roger Federer was 13 years old, traveled to Ecublens VD and from then on worked on his world career in tennis boarding school. The EHC Kloten was champion in ice hockey and GC in football. Michael Schumacher won his second Formula 1 title in the Benetton. And the Swiss women were number 1 in the world in skiing! What nobody suspected at the time: It would be the last nation triumph for the next 26 years.
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But now the black series has finally been broken. Last winter, Swiss-Ski won the Nations Cup for the first time since 1989. Mainly responsible at the time, however, were the men, the women also got a lot of points, but were only number 3 behind Italy and Austria. This small flaw has now been eliminated.
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Gisin third, Liensberger triumphs
While the men still have to defend their top position in the final slalom, it is already clear for the female ski companions: They will stay on the ski throne – and with a large lead (see box). “It’s crazy. When we last won the Women’s Nations Cup in 1995, I was one and a half years old. And now we’ve finally made it – that makes me proud », says Michelle Gisin (27).
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She finished third in the slalom in Lenzerheide and collected 60 points – for herself and for Switzerland. “Mega cool, I’m super happy,” she says. The day’s victory goes to the superior Katharina Liensberger (Austria), who wins ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) and also takes the slalom ball in extremis. “It’s like a kitschy fairy tale,” says the Vorarlberg native, who often went skiing in Lenzerheide as a child. Petra Vlhova (Slk) is only sixth, but is the first Slovak ever to win the overall World Cup.
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video-wrapper video-wrapper--inline">Are wedding bells ringing soon? Gisin and De Aliprandini are the dream ski couple(01:18)
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Gut-Behrami got a lot more points
Back to the Nations Cup and Swiss women power. Two drivers are mainly responsible for the increase compared to the previous season: Lara Gut-Behrami (29), who celebrated a grandiose resurrection, and Gisin. “That was the best season of my life,” said the Engelberg woman. The two compensated for the small bear market of Wendy Holdener (27) and the absence of the injured Danioth, Ellenberger and Stoffel.
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Gisin’s value for the team is also evident off the slopes. She is something like the glue of the team – she motivates and comforts her teammates, gives tips and is happy with them. In football one would speak of the coach’s extended arm.
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Head coach Beat Tschuor confirms: “Michelle is extremely valuable for the whole structure.” Does Gisin see himself as the “mommy” of the team? “That is a bit of an exaggeration. But I really enjoy exchanging ideas – perhaps also because I’ve known this from an early age through my siblings Dominique and Marc. If I help someone, it also gives me a lot. “
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Austrians stronger in the offspring
However, the ice of the Swiss women’s team is thin. Because: there is a problem with the offspring. At the Junior World Championships in Bankso there were no medals and in the overall European Cup ranking the best Swiss woman (Stephanie Jenal) is twelfth. The Austrians are miles ahead. “We have recognized the problems and will invest even more in the next generation,” announced Alpine Director Walter Reusser. His goal is clear: We want to remain number 1 in the future – for both men and women.
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Published: March 21, 2021, 8:29 am
Last updated: March 21, 2021, 9:58 am
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