Despite some small mistakes on the wall, but very fast in the final stretch, the blue Marta Bassino in 1'12"37 is second after the first run of the giant of the Alpine Skiing World Cup held in Sestriere (Turin). In command , with a minimal advantage, there is the Slovak Petra Vlhova (1'12"30);
third is the French Tessa Worley in 1'12"70. Only 4th in 1'12"74 is the US champion Mikaela Shiffrin.
For Italy there are then, after some mistakes, Federica Brignone, still good 7/y in 1'13"26; the young Asja Zenere, even 12/y in 1'14"15, with bib number 43, and Roberta Melesi, 24/y in 1'14"80 with bib number 40. The sprinters Sofia Goggia (1'16"04) and Elena Curtoni (1'16"21) were not classified among the 30 admitted to the second heat Elisa Platino (1'16"02) and Luisa Bertani (1'18"04) were also not classified.
You compete on the Giovanni Alberto Agnelli track, a not particularly difficult track with a single, not very sloping wall, but a long, very flat central section on which it is essential to keep high speeds.
The track bottom is grainy and complicated at times after the works to clear the track of the snow that has fallen in the last few hours.
Decisive heat at 1.30pm.