Finally it worked again.
Kira Weidle made it onto the podium for the third time in her career at the World Cup in Val die Fassa.
On Saturday, the ski racer from SC Starnberg took third place in the downhill.
Starnberg
- Kira Weidle had to be on her third podium in the Ski World Cup for over two years.
On November 30, 2018, the racing driver from the Starnberg Ski Club finished third on the podium for the first time in her career on the descent in Lake Louise, and on January 27, 2019, she raced to third place in the home race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
And on Saturday, on the descent in the Italian Val di Fassa, she finally managed to jump on the podium again: Again she was third behind serial winner Lara Gut-Behrami (0.68 seconds behind) and her Swiss compatriot Corinne Suter, who fell by 0, 36 seconds faster than Weidle.
“The slope suits me, although I haven't really skied perfectly now,” said the 25-year-old from Starnberg.
It could even have been the first World Cup victory for Weidle if she had done better in the first section.
Because the sky was overcast and the lighting conditions were difficult, she “overlooked the waves a bit in the upper part of the La Volata piste.
These mistakes naturally cost time. ”In the lower section, however, Weidle showed her speed qualities, just like on Friday when she came fourth on the first descent in the Fassa Valley.
Once again she was measured there as the fastest of all starters with 123.71 km / h.
“It was outstanding below.
I've shown that I can be quick, ”said Weidle, who seems to have finally broken since winning the silver medal at the World Championships in Cortia d'Ampezzo two weeks ago.
“It wasn't like that until the World Cup, but since the World Cup it's been going somehow,” she said on ARD: “I think I'm slowly meeting my own expectations.
I think I have confirmed World Cup silver. "
Things went less well for Weidle - once again - in the Super-G.
In her significantly weaker discipline, the 25-year-old had to be satisfied with 24th place in Federica Brignone's 16th World Cup victory on Sunday.
The World Cup runner-up was a proud 2.35 seconds short of the Italian.
Weidle still has a chance to celebrate her first World Cup victory this season.
For the finals in Lenzerheide in a little over two weeks, she is qualified as one of the best 25 drivers in both the downhill and the Super-G.
Stand in the World Cup
Departure:
1st Sofia Goggia (Italy) 480 points, 2nd Corinne Suter 410, 3rd Lara Gut-Behrami (both Switzerland) 383, 4th Breezy Johnson (USA) 330, 5th Kira Weidle (Starnberg) 265
Super-G:
1st Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) 525 points, 2nd Federica Brignone (Italy) 323, 3rd Corinne Suter (Switzerland) 310, ... 23rd Kira Weidle (Starnberg) 51
Overall World Cup:
1st Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) 1227 points, 2nd Petra Vlhova (Slovakia) 1040, 3rd Michelle Gisin (Switzerland) 892, (all Italy) 740, ... 18th Kira Weidle (Starnberg) 316