Stigger with superior title defense
As far as the gold medal is concerned, the race story is quickly told. Laura Stigger comes out of the first downhill with a lead. Harriet Harnden and Tereza Saskova, who finished second at the European Championships, are able to keep up for a lap, but then the race turns into a solo show by Laura Stigger. As expected.
The power that the Tyrolean from Haiming already brings to the pedals at such a young age is impressive.
Ronja Blochlinger and Jaqueline Schneebeli put in a strong race in front of their home crowd. Both are representatives of the younger age group. Blochlinger rides to sixth position in the second of five laps and then runs a consistent race. She is more than satisfied with her position. "I was hoping for this, but I didn't expect it. My start was bad, but I was already relatively far ahead at the top of the asphalt climb. Then I rode my race," says Blochlinger. Did she ever think about the medal positions at the start? She laughs. "Of course I thought about it, that's why you ride races. At some point, they were too far away and I just made sure I got through my race."
Jaqueline Schneebeli crosses the finish line completely exhausted. She is the front runner from Switzerland at the start. "My start was very good. Then I made sure I recovered a bit," explains Schneebeli.
During this phase, she was joined by Canada's Marianne Theberge, but in the middle of the fourth lap she rang in her final and secured seventh place. "I'm very happy, I didn't think it would go so well," says Schneebeli.
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