29 August 2021 – On the threshold of forty, the greatest downhill skier of all time conquers the Black Snake for the first time and wears his fourth rainbow jersey. On the threshold of 40 years (he will turn 13 on November 8), the South African phenomenon has won his fourth World Championship, 18 years after the last one, even 2003 years after the first, dated XNUMX. Not only that: Minnaar has also dispelled his curse on the Black Snake, one of the few tracks in the world where he had never managed to get on the first step of the podium.
"I knew a victory was possible,” declared the South African before donning the iris, “I knew that by giving everything I could build a great run, but until the end you never know if it will be enough."
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Among the women, Myriam Nicole played the feared Black Snake best, closing her run in 4.06.243 and inflicting heavy gaps on all her opponents. For Myriam Nicole, this is the second world title, after the one won in Mont-Sainte Anne in 2019, and the second success on the Black Snake. The 31-year-old transalpine managed to establish herself for the first time in Val di Sole way back in 2011, on the occasion of her first victory in the World Cup.
"When I won the world championship in Mont Sainte-Anne I had no pressure on me. This time I had a lot of it, and I'm amazed at how I managed to manage it, finding great fluidity especially in the central part. Last year I was only able to wear the jersey for a month, this time I want to enjoy it to the full: the fact that I won it here, where I won my first Cup race, on the track that for me is the essence of Downhill, it means a lot to me,” Nicole said.
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Jackson Goldstone won the Junior men's race with a time of 3.37.097. Behind him, the British Jordan Williams (+1.812) and the Australian Lachlan Stevens-McNab (+3.560) completed the podium. Seventh was the Italian Davide Cappello, who had set the third time in Friday's qualifying session. The Bulgarian Izabela Yankova confirmed the predictions of the day before by dominating the women's race in 4.30.865. Behind her, the Norwegian Kine Haugom (+10.844) and the Canadian Gracey Hemstreet (+13.245).
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| EL-M | ||
 |  Greg MINNAAR | 3'28 "963 |
| 2 |  Benoit COULANGES | +0.227 |
| 3 |  Troy BROSNAN | +0.441 |
| 4 | Loris VERGIER | +1.166 |
| 5 |  Danny HART | +1.850 |
| 6 | Loic BRUNI | +2.971 |
| 7 | Matt Walker | +3.159 |
| 8 |  David TRUMMER | +3.160 |
| 9 |  Finn ILES | +4.389 |
| 10 |  Luca SHAW | +4.934 |
| 11 | Andreas KOLB | +5.038 |
| 12 | Antoine VIDAL | +5.294 |
| 13 | Mark Wallace | +6.625 |
| 14 |  Tuhoto-Ariki PENIS | +6.677 |
| 15 | Reece WILSON | +6.985 |
| 16 | Bernard KERR | +7.010 |
| 17 |  Oliver ZWAR | +8.016 |
| 18 |  Angel SUAREZ ALONSO | +8.035 |
| 19 |  Ratislav BARANEK | +8.183 |
| 20 | Joe BREEDEN | +8.647 |
| EL W | ||
| Myriam NICOLE | 4'06 "243 |
| 2 | Marine CABIROU | +4.287 |
| 3 |  Camille BALANCHE | +6.099 |
| 4 |  Monika HRASTNIK | +9.085 |
| 5 | Tahnee SEAGRAVE | +9.781 |
| 6 |  Eleonora FARINA | +9.696 |
| 7 |  One thousand JOHNSET | +10.064 |
| 8 | Jessica BLEWITT | +11.673 |
| 9 | Veronika WIDMANN | +13.450 |
| 10 | Emilie SIEGENTHALER | +19.471 |
| 11 |  Nina HOFFMANN | +20.393 |
| 12 | Valentina Höll | +22.579 |
| 13 | Anna NEWKIRK | +23.553 |
| 14 | Mathilde BERNARD | +28.841 |
| 15 | Frida Helena RONNING | +31.549 |
| JUN M | ||
| Jackson GOLDSTONE | 3'37 "097 |
| 2 | Jordan WILLIAMS | +1.812 |
| 3 | Lachlan STEVENS-MCNAB | +3.560 |
| 4 | Ethan CRAIK | +4.848 |
| 5 |  Oisin O'CALLAGHAN | +6.218 |
| 6 | James MACDERMID | +7.459 |
| 7 | Davide CAPPELLO | +7.872 |
| 8 | Guy JOHNSTON | +8.978 |
| 9 |  Sebastian HOLGUIN VILLA | +9.610 |
| 10 |  Nuno REIS | +11.490 |
| JUN W | ||||
|  Izabela YANKOVA | 5'01 "033 | ||
| 2 | Kine HAUGOM | +12.928 | ||
| 3 | Gracey HEMSTREET | +21.230 | ||
| 4 | Simonka KUCHYNKOVA | +38.316 | ||
| 5 | Delia FROM MOCOGNO | +46.863 |
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RUN BY GREG MINNAAR
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