Íria Medina podiums and posts top‑10s as speed team starts St. Moritz programme

Íria Medina opened the season with a podium and a top‑10 in two FIS giant slaloms at Pass Thurn, Austria. She was third in the first race with a combined time of 1:55.95, 0.46 seconds behind winner Stella Teresa Tschach (1:55.49), and matched her best in the discipline with about 30 FIS points. Coach Ibon Mintegui said Medina skied well technically but lacked a little confidence in the first run and made some errors in the second, adding there is still room for improvement.

In the second giant slalom Medina finished ninth in 1:55.34, 1.91 seconds off the winning time set by Austria’s Elisabeth Kucera (1:53.43). She was sixth after the first run (+0.89) and posted the 11th‑fastest second run (+1.03), securing another top‑10 and underlining steady progress in the discipline.

Meanwhile, the national women’s speed team began its World Cup speed programme at St. Moritz with two official downhill training sessions. In the opening session Cande Moreno was 31st in 1:33.06 and Jordina Caminal 51st in 1:34.22 after missing a gate but completing the course; the technical staff judged the session positive with room to improve. A second training saw Moreno improve to 27th (1:34.29) and Caminal record the 52nd time (1:35.99).

The St. Moritz programme includes two downhills and a super‑G (scheduled for 12–14 December, with start times at 10:15 on Friday and 10:45 on Saturday and Sunday). Only Moreno is entered for the downhill races by default; Caminal could be added for the World Cup downhills only if Moreno finishes inside the top 30 in the opening downhill. Caminal’s competitive debut remains planned for 16–18 December in the European Cup speed events at St. Moritz, where she will continue to gain race rhythm.