VIENNA —
Lara Gut-Behrami made the most of a fall by
Sofia Goggia to take the World Cup downhill Saturday in Zauchensee, Austria.
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Goggia had dominated the speed events this season winning
all three downhills and two super-Gs to lead the standings in both categories,
On Saturday the Italian was heading for the fastest time
when she lost her balance, slid down the slope and careened into the safety
fence. After a few seconds she sat up and gave a thumbs up before getting up
and walking away.
Gut-Behrami stayed on her feet to take her 34th World Cup
victory.
The Swiss skier finished in 1min 45.78sec, one tenth of a
second ahead of German
Kira Weidle with Austrian
Ramona Siebenhofer at 0.44sec.
Goggia still leads the downhill standings ahead of American
Breezy Johnson who did not race.
Another American who did not compete on Saturday, Mikaela
Shiffrin, remains in the overall lead with 966 points, still 50 points ahead of
Slovakian slalom specialist Petra Vlhova who was 26th on Saturday with Goggia a
distant third.
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