Federica Brignone further cemented her place at the top of the overall World Cup standings with her win on home snow on Sunday (19 January). Lindsey Vonn looked good before she slid out halfway through her run.
Italy's Federica Brignone won the alpine skiing World Cup super-G race on home soil in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday. Brignone took the overall lead with a third place in Saturday's downhill and crowned a great weekend with first place in the super-G,
Italy's Federica Brignone won the super-G race at Cortina on Sunday, her first World Cup win at the Italian course extending her overall lead, while Lindsey Vonn gave the crowd a scare when crashing out on the third sector but emerged unharmed.
Italy's Federica Brignone won the alpine skiing World Cup super-G race on home soil in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday, while Atle Lie McGrath led a podium sweep for Norway in Wengen's slalom. Brignone took the overall lead with a third place in Saturday's downhill and crowned a great weekend with first place in the super-G,
ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) — Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43. Malorie Blanc had never even started a World Cup downhill.
Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Italy's Federica Brignone won the super-G race at Cortina on Sunday, her first World Cup win at the Italian course extending her overall lead, while Lindsey Vonn gave the crowd a scare when crashing out on the third sector but emerged unharmed.
Lindsey Vonn gave the crowd a scare when she crashed out on the third sector of the World Cup super-G race at Cortina but emerged unharmed.
Federica Brignone leads the overall standings with 639 points, followed by Camille Rast and Sara Hector, distant 106 and 132 lengths respectively. The red SuperG bib remains worn by Gut Behrami, but Brignone and Goggia remain close in the specialty ranking, with Curtoni moving up to sixth place.
Lindsey Vonn has fallen while on pace for a podium finish at a World Cup super-G on the course that will host skiing at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics. She went down on her left hip coming around a gate midway down but appeared to avoid injury.
Lindsey Vonn fell while on pace for a top-five finish at a World Cup super-G on Sunday to mark the second time she has gone down in four days during her comeback to ski racing at age 40. Again, the American came away mostly unscathed.