Pinturault targets giant gold for world podium sweep
Issued on:
18/02/2021 - 16:38
3 min
Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) (AFP)
Alexis Pinturault heads into Friday's giant slalom at the world championships as hot favourite, having already won a silver and bronze in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
The French racer was beaten into combined silver by just four-hundredths of a second by Austrian Marco Schwarz, just days after bagging a surprise bronze in the opening super-G.
It took his world medal haul to five, having already won bronzes in the giant in 2015 and 2019 and combined gold in 2019.
"If I had to choose a discipline, the giant is one I hold close to my heart," said Pinturault.