Austrian skier Stephanie Venier won the females’s super-G at the Alpine snowboarding globe champions on Thursday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.
Federica Brignone of Italy ended up 0.10 secs behind to take the silver medal, while Lauren Macuga of the United States and Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Norway shared bronzes, 0.24 off the lead.
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Canada’s Cassidy Grey ended up 20th after she was required to do a re-run.
The Invermere, B.C., skier’s initial run was stopped due to the fact that coordinators required to take care of the program adhering to a collision.
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Lindsey Vonn hooked an entrance with her ideal arm early in her run and did not complete in her opening night at the globes in 6 years. She prevented dropping and had the ability to quit however after that realized her arm in obvious discomfort.
The gateway continued her lower arm, secured her arm joint by her side and pressed the entire arm back with stress on her shoulder.
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Spectators in the location blurt a cumulative wheeze of awe and expanded quiet with problem. Vonn skied to the coating and swung to the group.
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Vonn retired in 2019 after winning bronze in downhill in Are, Sweden, adhering to numerous injuries, however went back to the circuit this period with a brand-new titanium right knee.
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The race began in primarily warm problems, however much more clouds was available in after the initial half hour. More components of the program remained in the darkness when Vonn began in 30th placement.
Venier was the 2013 jr globe champ in super-G however a silver in downhill from the 2017 globes was her only medal in an elderly race previously Thursday’s victory.
“It sounds unreal. I slept so bad last night, I was so nervous,” Venier informed Austrian TELEVISION. “I was extremely nervous at the start, I didn’t know how to handle, but it was probably a good omen.”
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Venier has 3 job World Cup wins, consisting of one in a super-G in Switzerland a year back.
Thursday’s opening up race at the globes happened precisely one year prior to the 2026 opening event for the Milan-Cortina Olympics
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