‘A loopy sport’: double delight as Pirovano grabs one other dramatic Downhill win

“It’s a crazy sport”
Breezy Johnson (USA/Atomic) had set the early tempo, with the American nonetheless searching for her debut Audi FIS World Cup Women’s win. On a bumpy run, she was direct and aggressive. 

Huetter, nonetheless, put down an excellent run to take the lead.

Pirovano, eleventh out the gate, wanted a carbon copy of her near-perfect run of a lifetime in her native hills yesterday to take the lead.

She saved her skis free and clean via the ruts to grasp a tough Val di Fassa piste once more, thundering over the road to complete that essential hundredth of a second forward.

Suter was equally composed, cruising to 3rd place, simply +0.05 seconds adrift of Pirovano.

“Today I couldn’t believe it, even more than yesterday,” mentioned Pirovano. “I didn’t feel as good as I did yesterday, halfway down. I felt so tired because yesterday took so much out of me, a lot of emotions. 

“My thoughts are really confused right now. Unbelievable is the right word for today and yesterday, to win two races, as first podiums, and one hundredth, that is crazy.

“I tried not to hold back. And when I saw the green light, and again with on hundredth, it was incredible. We talked about all the bad luck I’ve had over the years, and now with these two races I think it’s pretty much evened itself out. 

“I am done with luck. It paid back. There is 2km of snow and so many turns, it’s a crazy sport.”