GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Federica Brignone edged out teammate Sofia Goggia by the smallest potential margin for an Italian 1-2 end in a ladies’s World Cup downhill on Saturday, whereas Lindsey Vonn missed a gate close to the underside of the course and failed to complete.
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In a conflict of contrasting racing kinds, Brignone had a technically effectively managed run down the Kandahar course to complete 0.01 seconds forward of Goggia, who misplaced appreciable time early on earlier than going all in for a gutsy second half.
The consequence marked the thirty second profession win for Brignone however solely her second in downhill, two weeks after her maiden triumph within the sport’s quickest self-discipline in St. Anton, Austria.
At 34 years and 6 months, Brignone improved the report she already held because the oldest race winner in ladies’s World Cup historical past.
Swiss skier Corinne Suter was 0.19 behind in third, adopted by Breezy Johnson who was 0.06 additional again in fourth for the American’s finest consequence since sitting out final season for violations of anti-doping guidelines.
Sixth-placed Lauren Macuga, who earned her first World Cup win two weeks in the past, and Jacqueline Wiles in eleventh added to a robust displaying from the U.S. ski staff.
It was the final downhill earlier than the Feb. 4-16 world championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. Second straight DNF for Vonn
Vonn was greater than a second off the tempo at her ultimate break up time when she appeared to hit a bump earlier than getting into a proper flip and couldn’t modify in time to make the following gate.
It is Vonn’s second straight DNF in her sixth race again since returning to ski racing this season at age 40 with a brand new titanium knee. The American fell however averted damage final week in a super-G in Italy on the course for use at subsequent yr’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Final week, Vonn advised the that she plans to retire once more after competing in a single ultimate Olympics in 2026.
Vonn had received 5 of the earlier seven World Cup downhills she raced in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, together with the final 4 between 2016 and 2018, and by no means completed worse than seventh. She received silver when the world championships had been held there in 2011.
The race was interrupted for over half an hour after Nina Ortlieb slid into the security nets and wanted to be taken off the hill by helicopter with an obvious damage to her proper decrease leg.
The Austrian skier, who was heard screaming after her crash, had returned to the circuit final month after a yr off to get better from breaking the identical leg.
Isabella Wright had a full-speed crash into the nets and the American clutched her left leg, however clicked again into her skis after being attended my medics and slid down the course.
A brilliant-G on the identical course is scheduled for Sunday.
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