The Italian Federica Brignone repeated Saturday’s victory and won this Sunday the second of the two giants of the Alpine Ski World Cup scheduled this weekend in the Canadian resort of Mont Tremblantwhich was resolved with a chaotic second round marked by strong wind, snowfall and very poor visibility.

Brignone won her twenty-third victory in the regularity event and, 24 hours later, improved her own record as the oldest winner of a giant – at 33 years and four months – by winning, after finishing sixth in the first one sleeve, with a time of two minutes, eleven seconds and 95 hundredths. Exactly 33 fewer than the Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami, second this Sunday; and with 39 hundredths advantage over the American Mikaela Shiffrinwho completes the podium and continues to lead the general classification of the World Cup.

Slovak Petra Vhlovawho was in control after the first race, was one of the main losers in a test carried out amid weather conditions which, had they occurred at the start of the second race, would have been very probably would have caused another cancellation; a weekend where you don’t know could participate in one of the three scheduled men’s events.

Vhlova -with the twenty-third time of the decisive round, which he won Brignone– had to settle for fifth place in a race in which, luckily against the Slovak, the Frenchman Clara Direz, thirteenth in the first act, advances nine places. To end in a surprising fourth place.

After a questionable result for many, at least women are bringing results in the major annual competition in the king of winter sports, because bad weather had suspended all three men’s events scheduled this weekend at the Vail World Cup Complex.Beaver Creek, in the USA. The heavy snowfall in this region of the Rockies, which prevented the completion of the “Birds of Prey” – one of the highest tracks on the circuit -, combined this time with the strong wind, provoked the cancellation of the supergiant planned for the aforementioned station Coloradowhere the two scheduled descents also had to be suspended on Friday and Saturday.

This Sunday was the sixth cancellation of a men’s event so far this year, following the two descents also deleted in Zermatt-Cervinia last month, on a track that begins in Switzerland and ends in Italy – where women were also unable to compete, a week later -; and the inaugural giant, which began to be played -the last Sunday in October- at Pay (Austria) but which was interrupted (and not resumed) due to the strong wind.

To date, the men have only completed one race: the men’s slalom. Gurgling (Austria), on November 18, where Manuel Feller achieved an Austrian “treble” in front of Marco Schwarz and Michael Matt; the three skiers who not only lead the World Cup in the discipline, but also the overall competition of regularity.

Vhlova He was in the lead this Sunday in practice after the first race, a day after the first of the two giants won by Brignonethe only Italian to have captured the great Crystal ball; becoming, at 33 years and four months, the oldest winner in this category discipline.

A score which was improved by skiing the second round blindly, in one day. The third in the entire history of World Cup among women: behind the American Lindsey Vonn, who won the last of her 82 victories at age 34; and Austrian Elisabeth Görglsucceeded seven times, the last of them with 33 years and 304 days.

Brignone already leading a luxury podium on Saturday, in which the last three winners of the competition were photographed, with Vhlova in second place and Shiffrin In the third. And this Sunday she also starred in another photo with two legends: the Swiss Intestine -trained by Spanish Jose Luis Alejo-, winner of everything in alpine skiing, including (in 2016) the World Cup – in which she has 39 victories -, who advance one place and finished second; and the super predator Vail (Colorado), which loses a place and settles for third place.

Vlhova had covered the first course in one minute, six seconds and 46 hundredths, five less than Shiffrinfive-time winner of the World Cup and who this season seeks to equal the historic record of six final victories of another myth, the Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröllthe great champion of years 70.

Intestine, winner of the first two of the three events in this discipline organized so far this season – in Sölden and Killington (USA) – was in third position, 29 hundredths behind the Slovak; while the Italian Marta Bassino (at 0.95) and Croatian Zrinka Ljutic (at 1.01), they were fourth and fifth, respectively.

Brignone had signed the sixth time of the first descent, quite far – one second and 29 hundredths – from the winner of the big Crystal Ball three years ago. seasons. But, having nothing to lose, she went into it blindly and with the best partial in the second round, she was the one who benefited the most by making the most of the ambient chaos and partying again, 24 hours After.

Because the images before the start of the decisive round – with snowfall and a very strong wind, especially in the upper part of the track – foreshadowed a new suspension.

But the decisive act, marked by very poor visibility for a large part of the descent, was contested. Even ifin the absence of the twelve best – while the Frenchman Direz, tenth on Saturday, had marked the reference good – this was on hiatus for a long time, to fix some doors that were threatening to go (literally) flying in the air.

The latter competed practically without visibility. HAS Will you say I improved it Brignone; Ljutic She did not succeed and left happy with seventh place, behind the Canadian Valérie Grenier.

Basinwith the seventeenth time of the descent, fell to eighth place. Intestine he was 33 hundredths behind the Italian; Shiffrin, in section 39; and Vlhova was once again the victim of misfortune during a season where he is ski Alright.

The Slovak remains second in the ranking World Cup, although now 79 points from the 470 with which the best skier of all time leads the general classification. Which, in turn, improves Gut by 145 units: third in the main relationship and leader of the classification giant, with 325. Five more than the double winner of the weekend in Mont Tremblant.