Mowinckel won the chaos race in Cortina

Almost two hours after the start of the descent, she took the lead from the Italian Sofia Goggia, who ended up in third place. The American Jacqueline Wiles came second, the previous day’s winner Stephanie Venier came fifth in the race, which was affected by gusts of wind. The Tyrolean was 27 hundredths short of the podium on Saturday.

At the same time as Venier, the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami took off. Cornelia Hütter came seventh, three hundredths behind (+0.74). For Mirjam Puchner it was only enough for 13th place (+1.19). Christina Ager – third on the podium for the first time the day before – came 17th immediately behind Ariane Rädler. Gusts of wind in the middle section caused a longer break after starting number 17. After that, the history of the fifth descent of the season was rewritten.

Mowinckel used a good starting number

First Mowinckel with number 20 took advantage of less wind and a Tofana apparently getting faster to her fourth World Cup victory, the first in the downhill. Six starters later, Wiles also achieved his greatest career success to date. “The long break and the sunlight make it easier to drive,” suspected ORF expert Alexandra Meissnitzer. “It may be that the snow snows up and they have better grip.” Austria’s top aces had long since reached the finish line.

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The aftermath of Friday’s orgy of falls was visible on the start list, with some athletes missing. Including Mikaela Shiffrin, who allegedly injured her inner ligament and announced that she would skip the rest of the weekend in the Dolomites and the following giant slalom at Kronplatz. The Swiss Corinne Suter (torn cruciate ligament) and Michelle Gisin as well as the Austrians Sabrina Maier (pelvic contusion) and Michaela Heider (waited) were also missing.

The jump in the delta curve caused problems again. The American Isabella Wright fell and was then seen at the finish with a bandage. Elsewhere, Joana Hählen swung off in pain. The Swiss woman received a lot of pressure on her left knee when landing after an accident. The scene was strikingly reminiscent of Suter’s accident the day before.

Gut-Behrami held female drivers responsible

In view of the many accidents, the experienced Gut-Behrami also held the drivers responsible. “Back then, when I was 20, I knew that the snow was faster, the jumps went further,” said Gut-Behrami in an ORF report. “Now you’re looking for exactly that centimeter, but you don’t think that you always have to drive actively. It’s as if the basis has been forgotten.”

The big picture is overshadowed by details, explained Gut-Behrami. “The radio messages take forever. Every meter has to be analyzed and if something doesn’t work, you’re immediately in the net,” said the 40-time World Cup winner. The now camera operator Nicole Schmidhofer made a similar statement, saying that the Tofana was no more dangerous than usual. The Styrian demanded tactically clever driving; she would probably have slowed down a little before the delta jump.

Hütter did exactly that. She invested in the line here and there. “I wanted to drive a few passages tactically. Normally I start the race and think to myself: Every passage is full, but that wasn’t possible today,” said the Styrian, who was in fifth place before the interruption. The implementation of the unusual tactic was “90 percent successful,” said Hütter. Their flagship discipline, Super-G, follows on Sunday (10:30). After second place in Zauchensee and her victory the day before, Venier achieved a third top result of this downhill season.