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Flury wins downhill for second World Cup victory. Goggia takes discipline lead from absent Shiffrin
1 year ago

Flury wins downhill for second World Cup victory. Goggia takes discipline lead from absent Shiffrin

Associated Press  

VAL D’ISERE, France — Jasmine Flury claimed only her second World Cup win as the Swiss skier triumphed in a downhill race on Saturday, while Sofia Goggia moved to the top of the discipline standings in the absence of Mikaela Shiffrin. Flury’s only other World Cup win in her career was a super-G in her native Switzerland six years ago …

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Mikaela Shiffrin races to rare win in World Cup downhill edging out Sofia Goggia at St. Moritz
1 year ago

Mikaela Shiffrin races to rare win in World Cup downhill edging out Sofia Goggia at St. Moritz

Associated Press  

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — When Mikaela Shiffrin is even winning downhill races, her rivals have less hope of denying her a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title. Shiffrin mastered the sharper turns on a sun-bathed course Saturday at St. Moritz to be 0.15 seconds faster than standout downhill racer Sofia Goggia, who won the super-G on Friday. Shiffrin earned 100 …

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Goggia wins first speed race of weather-hit World Cup ski season in super-G. Shiffrin is 4th
1 year ago

Goggia wins first speed race of weather-hit World Cup ski season in super-G. Shiffrin is 4th

Associated Press  

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Sofia Goggia won a women’s super-G as skiing’s World Cup was finally able to hold its first speed race of a weather-affected season, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing just off the podium on Friday. The first seven speed races for men and women were all canceled, but Goggia — a downhill specialist — showed top form immediately …

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Swiss skier Gut-Behrami takes World Cup season-opening GS. Shiffrin places 6th
1 year, 1 month ago

Swiss skier Gut-Behrami takes World Cup season-opening GS. Shiffrin places 6th

Associated Press  

SOELDEN, Austria — Lara Gut-Behrami sat in the snow and leaned back against an inflatable banner in the finish area after completing her final run. Coming from fourth place, Gut-Behrami edged the Italian by two-hundredths of a second Saturday to win the season-opening women’s World Cup giant slalom, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing in sixth. It was a tough one today.” …

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Shiffrin misses out in super-G, still chasing 86th victory
1 year, 9 months ago

Shiffrin misses out in super-G, still chasing 86th victory

Associated Press  

KVITFJELL, Norway — Mikaela Shiffrin ‘s hunt for a record-tying 86th career victory was extended for at least another day. Shiffrin finished in fourth place Friday in a super-G that was won by Cornelia Huetter, who finally gave the Austrian women’s team its first victory of the season. Maybe I can squeeze a little bit more speed out of it …

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Shiffrin, Goggia and Gut-Behrami are the favorites at worlds
1 year, 10 months ago

Shiffrin, Goggia and Gut-Behrami are the favorites at worlds

Associated Press  

Top women to watch at the Alpine skiing world championships, which open Monday in Courchevel and Meribel, France: Competing in her first major event since failing to win a medal at last year’s Beijing Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin will again be a contender in every race she enters. The outright favorite in downhill with four wins in the six World Cup …

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Federica Brignone wins World Cup super-G; Shiffrin sits out
1 year, 11 months ago

Federica Brignone wins World Cup super-G; Shiffrin sits out

Associated Press  

ST. ANTON, Austria — Federica Brignone won a World Cup super-G on Saturday for the 2020 overall champion’s first victory this season in a race that Mikaela Shiffrin skipped. The American is expected back for a super-G in Cortina on Friday, aiming for a record-setting 83rd women’s World Cup win to break the 82-win tie with Lindsey Vonn. Brignone’s eighth …

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Shiffrin’s Slovakian rival has big plans for the Olympics
2 years, 10 months ago

Shiffrin’s Slovakian rival has big plans for the Olympics

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Mikaela Shiffrin isn’t the only Alpine skier who could enter all five individual events at the Beijing Olympics and come away with multiple medals. Vlhova already won the overall World Cup title last season — considered by many the greatest prize in skiing — and has collected six medals from world championships. She already secured this season’s World …

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All eyes will be on Shiffrin, unknown hill in Olympic Alpine
2 years, 10 months ago

All eyes will be on Shiffrin, unknown hill in Olympic Alpine

Associated Press  

After her first Winter Games triumph as a teenager in 2014, Mikaela Shiffrin gushed about “dreaming of the next Olympics winning five gold medals” — which not only didn’t happen, of course, but wasn’t even possible because the American ended up not competing in every Alpine event four years later. “It’s going to be a mess,” U.S. racer Travis Ganong …

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Curtoni wins, Goggia crashes in mixed day for Italy ski team
2 years, 11 months ago

Curtoni wins, Goggia crashes in mixed day for Italy ski team

Associated Press  

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — There were mixed emotions within the powerhouse Italian ski team when Elena Curtoni won a super-G on Sunday while Sofia Goggia crashed again with the Beijing Olympics less than two weeks away. For the second victory of her career in her 230th World Cup race, Curtoni mastered a tricky course-set to finish a slim 0.09 seconds …

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Olympic favorite Goggia wins in Cortina despite wild run
2 years, 11 months ago

Olympic favorite Goggia wins in Cortina despite wild run

Associated Press  

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — If she can stay upright, stay within the gates, there’s no beating Sofia Goggia in downhill these days. When I realized I was first my heart exploded.” Goggia missed her home world championships in Cortina last season after breaking a bone in her right knee. Goggia also won a downhill in Cortina four years ago, when …

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Goggia takes super-G for 5th win in 17 days; Shiffrin 5th
3 years ago

Goggia takes super-G for 5th win in 17 days; Shiffrin 5th

Associated Press  

VAL d’ISÈRE, France — Sofia Goggia has been unbeaten in downhill for an entire year. Goggia won the last women’s World Cup super-G of the calendar year Sunday, a day after she triumphed in her seventh straight downhill. In super-G, I really feel like I’m not the strongest and I really have to create a lovely race.” Goggia certainly created …

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