What a wonderful return for Julia Shipp! The 26-year-old is on the podium at the start of the World Cup. It is her first ever podium finish and ÖSV's first podium finish since December 2019 (then by Katharina Liensberger).
Shipp is in third place behind the winner Federica Brignone (ITA) and Alice Robinson (NLZ), after the first round she was still only 14th after the first round, Federica Brignone, she could intercept the ÖSV athlete.
For Mikaela Shiffrin, who was in the lead after the first round, the podium did not work out. The American drops to fifth place in the second round.
Liensberger is also in the top ten
Katharina Liensberger could also be happy with her improved rank. The Vorarlberg native jumps from 11th place to 8th place.
Stephanie Brunner, the best Austrian in sixth place after the first race, fell to fourteenth place. Franziska Gretsch (26th according to DG1) finished 27th and Ricarda Haaser (20th according to DG1) did not finish her second round and was eliminated.
Katharina Tropp, Lisa Horhager and Katharina Huber did not reach the second round.
For the ÖSV women, this is the first podium finish in Sölden since Anna Veith's win in 2014. Statistics on Sölden>>>
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