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Cornelia Huetter of Austria wins first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey course
Read full article: Cornelia Huetter of Austria wins first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey courseCornelia Huetter of Austria navigated the tricky and steep terrain to win the first-ever women’s World Cup downhill held on the Birds of Prey course.
Gut-Behrami wins downhill to extend lead over Shiffrin in World Cup overall standings
Read full article: Gut-Behrami wins downhill to extend lead over Shiffrin in World Cup overall standingsLara Gut-Behrami has won a shortened World Cup downhill to close in on the injured Sofia Goggia in the discipline standings.
Brignone dominates to win World Cup super-G, cuts gap to Shiffrin after the American skies out
Read full article: Brignone dominates to win World Cup super-G, cuts gap to Shiffrin after the American skies outFederica Brignone dominated to win a World Cup super-G and trim the gap in the overall standings to Mikaela Shiffrin after the American skied out at Val d’Isere.
Mikaela Shiffrin races to rare win in World Cup downhill edging out Sofia Goggia at St. Moritz
Read full article: Mikaela Shiffrin races to rare win in World Cup downhill edging out Sofia Goggia at St. MoritzMikaela Shiffrin has won a World Cup downhill ski race to extend her lead in the overall standings.
Skier Shiffrin locks up overall title, still chases win 86
Read full article: Skier Shiffrin locks up overall title, still chases win 86American skier Mikaela Shiffrin finished tied for fifth in a World Cup downhill and had her quest for a record-tying 86th career victory extended by at least another day.
Layden: Tracing the opposing paths of Alpine greats Mikaela Shiffrin, Sofia Goggia
Read full article: Layden: Tracing the opposing paths of Alpine greats Mikaela Shiffrin, Sofia GoggiaHeading into the 2022 Winter Olympics, American Mikaela Shiffrin was ascendant while Italian Sofia Goggia was injured. But, as the women's downhill displayed Tuesday in China, the Games care not in the least for predetermined narratives.
Alpine skiing hill at Beijing Olympics is a new test for all
Read full article: Alpine skiing hill at Beijing Olympics is a new test for allNone of the elite athletes competing when Alpine skiing starts next Sunday at the Olympics ever has been on the course that will be used to determine who takes home the medals.
Curtoni wins, Goggia crashes in mixed day for Italy ski team
Read full article: Curtoni wins, Goggia crashes in mixed day for Italy ski teamThere were mixed emotions within the powerhouse Italian ski team when Elena Curtoni won a super-G while Sofia Goggia crashed again with the Beijing Olympics less than two weeks away.
Foggy goggles: Johnson loses sight of downhill podium
Read full article: Foggy goggles: Johnson loses sight of downhill podiumUnited States' Breezy Johnson speeds down the course during the women's downhill, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb.13, 2021. Everything was set up then for Breezy Johnson, who was predicted to turn solid, consistent form into a medal in the women’s downhill at the skiing world championships. Even the one skier who consistently beat Johnson this season, Olympic champion Sofia Goggia, wasn't a factor, because the Italian was out injured. Ninth place, fifth place, first place. “I've got to keep doing my best and I've got to keep doing what I did on the bottom through the whole course,” Johnson said.
The Latest: Suter says silver medal helped win downhill gold
Read full article: The Latest: Suter says silver medal helped win downhill goldSwitzerland's Corinne Suter celebrates on the podium after she won the gold medal in the women's downhill, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. ___12:10 p.m.Corinne Suter won the women's downhill at the world championships to give Switzerland its second gold medal. AdGerman skier Kira Weidle finished 0.20 behind for silver and Lara Gut-Behrami was 0.37 back in third. Gut-Behrami won gold and Suter silver in Thursday's super-G.American racer Breezy Johnson came nine-tenths off the lead in ninth. ___9:45 a.m.Italian skier Francesca Marsaglia is set to open the women’s downhill at the world championships at 11 a.m. local time.
Goggia wins 4th straight World Cup downhill to match Vonn
Read full article: Goggia wins 4th straight World Cup downhill to match VonnItaly's Sofia Goggia celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)CRANS-MONTANA – CRANS-Olympic champion Sofia Goggia is dominating the World Cup downhill season like no woman since ski great Lindsey Vonn. Goggia won her fourth straight downhill on Saturday to tie a World Cup streak by Vonn in 2018. Vonn's best streak in World Cup downhill was six straight wins in 2009-10, according to the ski-db.com database. Vonn won four straight World Cup downhills from January to March 2018.
Gut-Behrami's veteran skills win tricky World Cup super-G
Read full article: Gut-Behrami's veteran skills win tricky World Cup super-GSwitzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami smiles at the end of an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G in St. Anton, Austria, Sunday, Jan.10, 2021. All rights reservedST. ANTON – It took the veteran skills of Lara Gut-Behrami to win a tricky World Cup super-G on Sunday. World Cup super-G champion Corinne Suter was third, trailing her Switzerland teammate by 0.20. Gut-Behrami’s 13th win in World Cup super-G came more than 12 years after her debut victory in a discipline that demands speed and technical ability to improvise. Now 29, the 2016 World Cup overall champion won both of her career season-long discipline titles in super-G.Gut-Behrami was set to rise to fifth in the overall standings, ahead of three-time champion Mikaela Shiffrin.