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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Host nation Italy put themselves in the driving seat for a first podium finish in the Alpine skiing world...

* Two out of two titles for Swiss women * Germany’s Weidle a surprise silver, bronze for Gut-Behrami (Adds Gut-Behrami, Weidle quotes) CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Corinne Suter continued Switzerland’s golden start to the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday by winning her country’s first women’s downhill title in 32 years. A silver medallist two years ago and also in Thursday’s super-G, won by team mate Lara Gut-Behrami, Suter started seventh and made no mi...

Corinne Suter continued Switzerlands golden start to the Alpine skiing world championships yesterday by winning her countrys first womens downhill title in 32 years. A silver medallist two years ago and also in Thursdays super-G, won by teammate Lara Gut-Behrami, Suter started seventh and made no mistakes as she powered down Cortinas glistening Olympi

Riding high: Suter wins downhill for her 1st gold at worlds By ERIC WILLEMSENFebruary 13, 2021 GMT CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Corinne Suter ended Switzerland’s 32-year wait for a women’s downhill world title on Saturday, winning her fourth straight medal at a major championship but the first gold. Racing in sunshine under crisp blue skies, Suter mastered the Olympia delle Tofane and decided the race by using excellent gliding skills on the flat bottom section of the iconic course. ...

Swiss racer Corinne Suter wins world downhill gold

2021/02/13 22:22 Switzerlands Corinne Suter holds the gold medal on the podium after the womens downhill, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina dAmpezzo,... Switzerlands Corinne Suter holds the gold medal on the podium after the womens downhill, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca) Switzerlands Corinne Suter celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in ...

Two different downhill courses, two very different experiences in Cortina In the shadow of the Tofana is the tale of two very different downhill trails. On the one side you find the iconic track, Olympia Della Tofane, which has hosted more women’s World Cup races – 94 – than any other venue. It is an enduring love affair for all who have skied it. Just adjacent is the men’s Vertigine, which due to a confluence of Covid and weather, has felt more like a case of speed dating. And not eve...

Gut-Behrami eyes speed double at Cortina worlds

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO — Swiss favorite Lara Gut-Behrami won the women’s super-G gold medal as the Alpine skiing world championships started in Cortina d’Ampezzo on…

Lara Gut-Behrami earned the first gold medal of the Alpine World Ski Championships as the women’s super-G competition went to form in Cortina d'Ampezzo.