Ski racer Kira Weidle-Winkelmann has set one other instance three weeks earlier than the opening of the Winter Olympics. The Starnberg lady was in second place within the Tarvisio descent after 30 of fifty starters. It can be her second podium end this season. The Italian Nicol Delago, who was main her house race on the time, is on the verge of her first World Cup victory. Third was US star Lindsey Vonn.

Weidle-Winkelmann’s teammate Emma Aicher additionally impressed and was in fifth place. Fog made visibility tough in locations on the Di Prampero slope. A mistake within the decrease part of the route value Weidle-Winkelmann worthwhile time and a attainable first World Cup victory of her profession. In Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, the place the ladies’s Olympic races shall be held in February, the 29-year-old received silver within the downhill World Championships 5 years in the past.

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