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Sofia Goggia of Italy wins a World Cup super-G after receiving advice from good friend Lindsey Vonn

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. …

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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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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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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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1 year, 10 months ago

Flury’s downhill win at ski worlds aided by warm weather

Associated Press

MERIBEL, France — When the sun started beaming down on the Roc de Fer course, Jasmine Flury’s smile grew brighter. 2 and unheralded at previous major events, was sitting in the leader’s chair for the women’s downhill at the world championships Saturday but “definitely not” expecting to win. “The other days when it was colder it was better to start …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Italian ski team mourns Fanchini after 2 golds at worlds

Associated Press

MERIBEL, France — One moment, Marta Bassino was getting a gold medal draped around her neck. It’s been quite a swing in emotions for the Italian ski team at the world championships, where Federica Brignone won gold in combined on Monday followed by Bassino’s super-G victory two days later. “There’s a pulsating pain in our chests.” Fanchini won a silver …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Bassino edges Shiffrin as Italy goes 2-for-2 at ski worlds

Associated Press

MERIBEL, France — Two days after Federica Brignone won the gold medal in the combined to open the skiing world championships, Italian teammate Marta Bassino added another in the super-G by edging Mikaela Shiffrin. Bassino earned her second gold medal at the world championships after sharing victory with Austrian skier Katharina Liensberger in the parallel event at her home worlds …

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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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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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2 years, 10 months ago

Today at the Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva leads, Team GB nightmare continues

The Independent

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2 years, 10 months ago

Olympics Live: Iran skier 1st confirmed doping case of Games

Associated Press

BEIJING — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: ___ Iran’s only male athlete at the Beijing Olympics has tested positive for an anabolic steroid in the first confirmed doping case at the Games. ___ Lindsey Jacobellis captured America’s first gold medal of the Olympics on Wednesday, riding hard to the line in her snowboardcross final a full 16 years …

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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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2 years, 10 months ago

Swiss skier Suter wins last downhill before Olympics

Associated Press

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — In the absence of Sofia Goggia, world champion Corinne Suter won the last downhill before the Beijing Olympics. Suter had a dominate performance Saturday to finish 0.51 seconds faster than Swiss teammate Jasmine Flury for her first World Cup victory since Dec. 18, 2020. Goggia would have been the overwhelming favorite to defend her Olympic downhill title …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Moioli replaces Goggia as Italy’s flag bearer at Olympics

Associated Press

MILAN — Defending snowboard cross gold medalist Michela Moioli will replace Sofia Goggia as Italy’s flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics after the latter’s injury over the weekend. The Italian Olympic Committee announced the change on Tuesday after president Giovanni Malagò spoke with Goggia about her rehabilitation program. Moioli, who won Italy’s first gold medal in …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Goggia eyes return for Olympic downhill after latest crash

Associated Press

Sofia Goggia is going to need to recover in a hurry from a series of injuries following another crash on Sunday if she’s going to be able to defend her Olympic downhill title next month. But she sprained her left knee, partially tore a cruciate ligament and suffered a “minor fracture” of the fibula bone in her leg — plus …

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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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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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2 years, 11 months ago

Gut-Behrami wins downhill after Olympic champ Goggia crashes

Associated Press

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria — Lara Gut-Behrami’s season finally saw an upswing on Saturday after two miserable months for the Swiss skier which included illness, a crash, and a coronavirus infection. With her first event at the Beijing Olympics just over three weeks away, Gut-Behrami mastered a tricky course to win the fourth women’s World Cup downhill of the season. “I’m bruised …

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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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Sofia Goggia of Italy wins a World Cup super-G after receiving advice from good friend Lindsey Vonn

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

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

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

Flury’s downhill win at ski worlds aided by warm weather

Italian ski team mourns Fanchini after 2 golds at worlds

Bassino edges Shiffrin as Italy goes 2-for-2 at ski worlds

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

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

Today at the Winter Olympics: Kamila Valieva leads, Team GB nightmare continues

Olympics Live: Iran skier 1st confirmed doping case of Games

Shiffrin’s Slovakian rival has big plans for the Olympics

Swiss skier Suter wins last downhill before Olympics

Moioli replaces Goggia as Italy’s flag bearer at Olympics

Goggia eyes return for Olympic downhill after latest crash

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

Olympic favorite Goggia wins in Cortina despite wild run

Gut-Behrami wins downhill after Olympic champ Goggia crashes

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