He starts off strong.
Alexis Pinturault won the super-G bronze medal at the World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on Thursday.
This is the first time that the Frenchman, at the head of the general classification of the World Cup, has climbed on the podium of this discipline in a World Cup.
He finished behind the Austrian Vincent Kriechmayer and the German Romed Baumann.
"It's a great way to start, I hope to be able to build on it and continue to have fun," explained the triple Olympic medalist at the microphone of France Télévisions.
I'll refocus on the handset which arrives on Monday.
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The Courchevel skier is indeed much more expected in this race, where he is the defending champion.
Alexis Pinturault is also the favorite of the giant slalom, scheduled for Friday February 19 and an outsider of the slalom, scheduled for the last day of the Worlds, Sunday 21.
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This is his fourth medal at a World Championships, following that of the combined in Äre in 2019, where he also finished third at the giant.
He won his first medal, still bronze on the giant, at Beaver Creek in 2015.
The Worlds of Cortina d'Ampezzo got off to a real start on Thursday, after three days of racing canceled by the weather competitions.
The women's super-G, which was also contested on Thursday, crowned the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami.