Combined gold medalist on Tuesday in Courchevel, Alexis Pinturault was among the candidates for the podium on a short, fast Super G (the first twelve grouped together in the same second), intense.
On the Eclipse track, with its ideal layout oscillating between light and shadow, the favorites were there.
Leaving with bib number 8, the Frenchman, as in the combined, managed a committed, inspired race which briefly put him in the lead before seeing the Norwegian Aleksander Kilde, then the surprise Canadian James Crawford pass him in front .
Alexis Pinturault brilliantly continues his Worlds with a second medal in two races.
James Crawford (no World Cup victory, only 3 podiums to his name) won Super G gold at the Courchevel and Méribel Worlds in one breath (0''01) ahead of Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Alexis Pinturault (0 ''26).
A podium without Switzerland or Austria.
The Swiss Marco Odermatt finishing at the foot of the podium (0”37).
Released, the child from Courchevel could still be talked about.
"
I had fun, I tried to push from start to finish
," summed up Alexis Pinturault after the 8th world medal of his career.
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