Departure from Val d’Isère
Skier Weidle disappointed – world champion Flury wins
Disappointed on the descent: Kira Weidle. photo
© Marco Trovati/AP/dpa
Kira Weidle ends up well behind the top places in the Val d’Isère descent. She is currently missing the right feeling, explains the 2021 World Cup runner-up. The Swiss Jasmine Flury wins.
The German skiing hope Kira Weidle is also in the downhill run Val d’Isère fell short of expectations. The Starnberger only finished 13th at the World Cup in France. Her teammate Emma Aicher came 24th, Katrin Hirtl-Stanggaßinger came 40th.
Swiss world champion Jasmine Flury secured victory ahead of her compatriot Joana Hählen. The Austrian Cornelia Hütter came third. The Italian Sofia Goggia, the dominant downhill skier in recent years, came in fourth place on the challenging slope.
“I’m just looking for my feeling in the race,” said the visibly dissatisfied Weidle on ZDF. She didn’t make a big mistake, analyzed the 2021 World Cup runner-up. “But there’s a lack of activity from top to bottom.” Maybe she wants “a little too much” at the moment. After her ninth place in the St. Moritz downhill race a week earlier, she had big plans, the 27-year-old reported.
The race in Val d’Isère was interrupted for a long time after a violent fall by Canadian Stefanie Fleckenstein. There is another Super-G on Sunday (11 a.m./ZDF and Eurosport).