Joana Hählen achieved in Crans-Montana for the first time in their career, a place on the Podium. The from Berne will exit behind the Italian Sofia Goggia Second of the world Cup.

In Crans-Montana led Hählen a Swiss Team which was as good as ever this Winter. Because with Lara gut-Behrami it was a second Swiss on the podium, which was only hours after the race a certainty. The reason is the measurement of time, which had been suspended during the race, especially in the case of the Switzerland and for a variety of interruptions, as well as perplexed faces was taken care of.

Well-Behrami but still on the podium

Afterwards, had to the standings after in-depth Checks are corrected, with the important result that Lara is Well-Behrami with the Austrian Nicole Schmidhofer the space replaced, and in Position 3 advanced. Lara gut-Behrami this season already twice on the podium in the downhill but it was never about rank 8.

The journey of Joana Hählen (source: SRF)

Hählen, The corrections didn’t change anything, the surprising idea of Joana. The Simmentalerin showed a courageous ride at the Limit. The 27-Eighth year, in the downhill before, never better than, grew up in your 68. World Cup race. Against the Italian Olympic champion Sofia Goggia, who won for the first time since her broken ankle from last autumn and 6. The world Cup victory won, but could also align you nothing. 36 hundredths of a fraud your residue.

At the world Championships in Are, Joana had Hählen in the departure with the 16. Space must be humble. In the world Cup was in November 2013 their debut, but in the summer, then she tore the cruciate ligament and has since been a large Exploit was always failed. Their best result is realized in December 2017 as the Fifth of the Super-G from Val d’isère.

Flury slips forward

The world Cup-Second Corinne Suter, in the world Cup, never on the Podium, finished in 5th place. The Schwyzerin lost 13 hundredths of a second on the third team mate placed Well-Behrami. In the Top 10, it managed to duck in addition, Jasmine Flury as a Sieve. They improved in the adjusted Final ranking, due to the time corrections to two ranks.

For more breaks to this chaotic occasion, the falls of the Slovenian departure had caused world champion Ilka Stuhec and the French woman, Tiffany Gauthier. Stuhec went to closer investigations to the hospital, and Gauthier had to be removed on sledges to the Rescue. (tbe/SDA)

Created: 23.02.2019, 11:39 PM