Wright Scores Again in Crans-Montana
Young gun Bella Wright was the top Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team finisher in the super-G in Crans-Montana, Switzerland in 28th place—her fifth points-scoring result in as many races.
Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland took the big victory, winning the race by almost a full second. Tamara Tippler of Austria was second and Federica Brignone of Italy third.
Wright—who is skiing in her first full FIS World Cup season—couldn’t be more excited about the results that she’s been racking up so far this season. “I’m super pumped that I have been consistently in the points for the past five races,” she said. “That’s exciting and I feel like I have a lot of momentum going right now. I think that after my first downhill points in St. Anton, that really gave me the confidence to know that I can just do it. Every race since then I’ve been wanting more and more and more to just build on top of.”
The skier, who hails from Salt Lake City and has trained with both Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club and Snowbird Sports Education Foundation, loves the speed and air of super-Gs and downhills and hopes that she can continue her fast progression this year. And the next World Cup on the dark and bumpy Kandahar track in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany may be the perfect place to execute her plan. “I think myself and my coaches know what I’m capable of,” she said. “I’m really gunning for that next step in Garmisch and really want to put a full run together top to bottom. That’s my next step… Looking for that next step, the next jump.”
Land Rover U.S. Ski Team athlete Breezy Johnson—who was third and fifth in the first two races in Crans-Montana—had a fast start but missed a gate after soaring off a jump and did not finish. Tricia Mangan also DNFed, but is OK. Laurenne Ross was 35th.
Prior to the weekend, Ross announced that she will be doing an IG Live on Sunday at 20:00 CET (2:00 p.m. EST), and teammates Wiles, Wright, and Johnson will be "prominently featured, highlighted, and adored." Tune in on her Insta!
The women’s speed team heads to Garmisch next weekend, while the tech team has a giant slalom in Kronplatz, Italy on Tuesday.
RESULTS
Women’s super-G
HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST.
Saturday, Jan. 23
4:30 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Downhill - same-day broadcast, Crans Montana, SUI, Broadcast NBCSN
6:00 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Downhill - next day broadcast, Kitzbuehel, AUT, Broadcast NBCSN
Sunday, Jan. 24
4:20 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Downhill - LIVE, Kitzbuehel, AUT, Streaming Peacock
6:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Crans Montana, SUI, Broadcast Olympic Channel
6:00 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - LIVE, Crans Montana, SUI, Streaming Peacock
6:30 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Super-G - same-day broadcast, Crans Montana, SUI, Broadcast NBCSN
Monday, Jan. 25
4:45 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Super-G - LIVE, Kitzbuehel, AUT, Streaming Peacock
Tuesday, Jan. 26
4:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Giant Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Kronplatz, ITA, Streaming Peacock
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Kronplatz, ITA, Broadcast Olympic Chanel
7:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Giant Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Kronplatz, ITA, Streaming Peacock
11:45 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom, run 1 - LIVE, Schladming, AUT, Streaming Peacock
2:45 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Slalom, run 2 - LIVE, Schladming, AUT, Streaming Peacock
11:30 p.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Downhill (Sunday), Kitzbuehel, AUT, Broadcast NBCSN
12:30 a.m. FIS Alpine World Cup Women's Giant Slalom - same-day broadcast, Kronplatz, ITA, Broadcast NBCSN
