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Giant Slalom Fest by Alexis Pinturault, Lara Gut-Behrami Wins in St. Anton Jan 10, 2021 17:06 CET Giant Slalom fest by Alexis Pinturault, Lara Gut-Behrami wins in St. Anton The Giant Slalom doesn't get much better than this. Alexis Pinturault won both races on Friday and Saturday in impressive style on the Chuenisbärgli run in Adelboden. He clocked the fastest time three times and the second- fastest once. In St Anton, Lara Gut-Behrami bagged her first Super-G win since January 2018, and Corinne Suter finished third. "I risked everything and skied very well. On Saturday, the light made it difficult on the second run. But my performance was very good on both days," said the French athlete at the finish. "We've worked hard with HEAD, and that's paying off now." This is the 33rd World Cup victory for the HEAD World Cup Rebel, his 17th in the Giant Slalom. With 440 points, the 29-year-old has now also taken the lead in the Giant Slalom World Cup. Finishing 17th in Sunday's Slalom, Alexis Pinturault also leads the overall World Cup ranking table with 689 points. "The first few races this season weren't bad, but they weren't ideal either. We've been working on tuning. In Alta Badia Alexis was using new skis. We have also made changes to the plate and binding system," explains HEAD Racing Director Rainer Salzgeber. In the Giant Slalom on Friday Alexis Pinturault nailed the competition with the two fastest times. Justin Murisier from Switzerland finished in fifth place, Tommy Ford from the USA was tenth and Fabian Wilkens Solheim from Norway 13th. In the second Giant Slalom on Saturday, Alexis Pinturault was in second place after the first run. He put on a dazzling performance in the snow on the second run and finished 1.26 seconds in front of Filip Zubcic. Justin Murisier finished in tenth place on Saturday, while Mathieu Faivre from France was 15th. However, the race was overshadowed with a severe crash by Tommy Ford, who injured his knee. The Norwegian athlete Atle Lie McGrath will also have to rest for a few weeks following a fall on Friday resulting in a knee injury. "Overall, it was a tough weekend in terms of injuries. Neither Tommy Ford nor Atle Lie McGrath appeared to have made any obvious mistakes. The most important thing is that Tommy did not sustain head injuries. Atle will hopefully recover before too long," reported Rainer Salzgeber. Lara Gut-Behrami wins despite mistake in the lower section The women's races were in St. Anton with a Downhill competition on Saturday and a Super-G on Sunday. In the Super-G, Lara Gut-Behrami returned to her winning form in this discipline as well. The Swiss athlete last won the Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo in January 2018. This weekend's win was the 27th World Cup victory overall for the 29-year-old, and her 13th in the Super-G. With this success, Lara Gut-Behrami also took the lead in the discipline ranking with 145 points. The HEAD World Cup Rebels' tally in St. Anton was rounded up by Corinne Suter from Switzerland in third place. "Crossing the finish line, I thought I had messed up the run. I was happy with the way things went at the top of the run, but was far from happy with the way I skied the lower section. I thought I had lost even more time than I did. It was a challenging Super-G course, but it was fun to ski," emphasised Lara Gut-Behrami. Ariane Rädler from Austria was able to celebrate her first top ten result in the World Cup by finishing in seventh place. Wendy Holdener from Switzerland finished ninth, Ragnhild Mowinckel from Norway was 11th, Rosina Schneeberger from Austria 13th and Elena Curtoni from Italy 14th. "The way Lara skied was superb. Her performance in the Downhill was also good. She went into the Super-G event motivated by the Downhill. Even in the lower section, where she made a mistake, she fought until the end," said Rainer Salzgeber, delighted. "She has taken another decisive step. Also with a view to the World Championships, where the conditions should be similar with very compact snow, this result confirms that she is on the right track. I was also pleased with the excellent race by Ariane Rädler. This was the right result at the right time." The best World Cup result for Laura Pirovano In the Downhill event, Laura Pirovano finished in fifth place - her best World Cup result so far. Previously, the Italian athlete's top result was tenth place in the Combined event in Crans Montana in 2020. With Corinne Suter finishing in sixth place and Elena Curtoni and Lara Gut-Behrami - both in eighth place - three more HEAD World Cup Rebels finished in the top eight. About HEAD HEAD is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of premium sports equipment and apparel. Our business is organized into five divisions: Winter Sports, Racquet Sports, Diving, Sportswear and Licensing. We sell products under the HEAD (alpine skis, ski bindings, ski boots, snowboard and protection products, tennis, racquetball, paddle, squash and pickleball racquets, tennis balls and tennis footwear, sportswear and swimming products), Penn (tennis balls and racquetball balls), Tyrolia (ski bindings) and Mares, SSI and rEvo (diving) brands. The Company´s key products have attained leading market positions based on sales and reputation and have gained high visibility through their use by many of today´s top athletes. Contacts Christian Hengge Head of Marketing Wintersports [email protected].
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