Nicol Delago finishes third with a time of 1'45"57 at Saalbach, in the season's last downhill race. This marks her fifth podium in her career at the age of 28. The winner is Austrian Cornelia Huetter, with her sixth career victory, who also surprisingly snatched the world title from Lara Gut-Behrami who would have needed a tenth place to win it but finished only 17th instead. For Italy - in a race delayed due to wind gusts but with warm sun and a soft track treated with salt that favored the gliders and athletes with materials more suited to this snow - in the rankings there are also Federica Brignone 9th with 1'46"21, Laura Pirovano 12th with 1.46.40, and Marta Bassino 18th with 1'47"10. Tomorrow the 2023-24 World Cup concludes with the men's downhill. Up for grabs is the discipline cup with Swiss Marco Odermatt leading with 552 points against the 510 of the Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin, this season's revelation among the men's jet. The weather forecast for tomorrow predicts a possible disturbance.
At the end of the race, Delago expressed her happiness: "When I saw bib number 17, I didn't jump for joy, but then I told myself not to think about it and today everything went very well and I am very happy. The path we are on is the right one, there's still a lot of work to do, but I am satisfied. I got the charge from my sister Nadia, who won in the European Cup the other day".
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