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BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Italian ski racer Sofia Goggia found a fast line through the technical Birds of Prey course to win a women’s super-G on Sunday. “ gave me tips and advice,” said Goggia, who also took second in Saturday’s downhill. “I thought it could be mine,” said the 32-year-old Goggia, who won her 25th career World Cup race. …

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

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 …

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

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 …

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — The record chase can wait. The result means that Shiffrin’s pursuit of a record-breaking 83rd World Cup victory will go on for at least another day — leaving her tied with former American teammate Lindsey Vonn for the women’s mark with 82 wins each. “I don’t really believe that I would get 83 in downhill,” Shiffrin …

ST. ANTON, Austria — Lara Gut-Behrami beat three Italian skiers Sunday to win a women’s World Cup super-G that ended early due to high winds. The Swiss Olympic champion’s body language after finishing suggested she was far from happy with her performance, but her leading time still stood after all other favourites had completed their runs. “In the flat part, …

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 …

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 …