{"id":1800940,"date":"2026-03-01T21:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1800940"},"modified":"2026-03-01T21:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:42:30","slug":"italys-sofia-goggia-wins-2nd-super-g-in-soldeu-andorra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1800940","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s Sofia Goggia Wins 2nd Super-G in Soldeu, Andorra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sofia Goggia claimed victory in Super-G at Soldeu, Andorra. | Image: FIS Alpine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another race day in Soldeu, Andorra, and another chapter in what is turning into one of the tightest Super-G battles of the season.<\/strong> Sunday\u2019s race\u2014the second of two in the Pyrenees and a make-up for the cancelled Zauchensee Super-G\u2014delivered plenty of excitement and ended with a statement win from Italy\u2019s \u201cQueen of Speed\u201d Sofia Goggia.<\/p>\n

But the day started with a d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu as\u00a0Corinne Suter pushed out of the gate first in bib 1 and immediately set a daunting target.<\/strong> Her time of 1:26.55 looked untouchable through the early starters. Skiers 2 through 8 all failed to unseat the Swiss veteran, who is enjoying her strongest weekend in three seasons after years of battling injury. Even Saturday\u2019s runner-up Alice Robinson from New Zealand could not match Suter, skiing a solid top section before losing crucial speed on the lower pitch.<\/p>\n

Then the race heated up as\u00a0Norway\u2019s Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, wearing bib 9, delivered what she later called her \u201cbest skiing of the season.\u201d<\/strong> The green light lit up from the first split, and unlike those before her, she carried it all the way down. Smooth, direct, and aggressive on the central pitch, Lie crossed the line to take the lead and finally secure her first Super-G podium of the season after finishing fifth and seventh earlier in the weekend. \u201cI dreamt about it on my way here, I dreamt about it yesterday, I dreamt about it two days ago,\u201d a beaming Lie said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing\u2026 I love it here.\u201d Her lead, however, would not last long but was still enough for a podium\u2014the Norwegian ultimately finished in third place.<\/p>\n

Wearing bib 11, Sofia Goggia came roaring out of the gate with trademark aggression\u2014after a sixth place in yesterday\u2019s Super-G, she had unfinished business after all.<\/strong> Goggia found a cleaner, more direct line into the central pitch\u2014a tactical adjustment from Saturday she said in a post-race interview\u2014and it paid off. Goggia flew into the finish 0.31 seconds ahead of Lie, double fist-pumping and cheering in relief. \u201cReally happy, the speed was there, I was really free in my mind and I was just thinking about what I had to do to perform my best,\u201d Goggia said. \u201cToday was really a similar race to yesterday but we decided to adopt a different strategy to get into the central pitch and it paid off, finally.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was still one major threat left in the start gate and that was\u00a0Saturday\u2019s dominant winner, Emma Aicher. <\/strong>Once again, the German showed blistering pace in the upper sections and was ahead of Goggia at the second split. But a pair of small errors in the demanding technical mid-section cost the 22-year-old just enough time. Despite a late charge to the line, she finished 0.24 seconds behind Goggia in second place. \u201cI\u2019m happy with the race even though I didn\u2019t ski to the limit on the steep and made a small mistake,\u201d Aicher said. \u201cBut it was OK for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Super-G podium from Sunday: Sofia Goggia 1st, Emma Aicher 2nd, Kasja Lie 3rd. | Image: FIS Alpine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With the victory Goggia now firmly controls the Super-G standings. She leads with 420 points, 84 ahead of Robinson and 116 ahead of Aicher, with just two races remaining. <\/strong>\u201cNow it\u2019s important to stay really focused for the next ones in which we will play for everything,\u201d Goggia said. Aicher is gracious about her odds of claiming the Super-G globe.\u00a0 \u201cThe Globe? Yeah, it\u2019s always a possibility but I have to fight against Goggia who is in amazing shape right now, so we shall see.\u201d<\/p>\n