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Eric Willemsen United States Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates as she arrives at the finish area during the womens super-G, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) February 11, 2021 - 8:43 AM CORTINA DAMPEZZO, Italy - Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon tied a career-best world championships result with a sixth-place finish in the super-G, while Switzerlands Lara Gut-Behrami dashed to gold on Thursday...

The Canadian was .41 seconds behind Shiffrin. Gagnon captured bronze in a World Cup super-G last month in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. "Today went well. Overall, Im happy with the solid result," Gagnon said. "I was pushing to get on to the podium, but I lost a bit of time in the middle." Gut-Behrami mastered the sun-bathed Olympia delle Tofane course to finally win the only medal missing from her storied career. The 2016 overall World Cup champion beat Swiss teammate Corinne Suter by 0.34 s...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lara Gut-Behrami dashed to gold in the women’s super-G at the skiing world championships Thursday, and Mikaela Shiffrin took bronze in her first speed race in more...

Alpine skiing: Gold for Gut-Behrami as sun shines in Cortina By Nick Mulvenney FIS Alpine Ski World Championships CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) – Swiss favourite Lara Gut-Behrami won the women’s super-G gold medal as the Alpine skiing world championships started in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Thursday after a three-day weather delay. Corinne Suter improved on her 2019 bronze to make it a Swiss one-two in the rescheduled race, her time 0.34 lower than Gut-Behrami’s one minute...

Gut-Behrami kicks off ski world champs with super-G victory, Shiffrin third

Shiffrin and Paris target world super-G defences

Swiss skier Gut-Behrami speeds to third straight super-G win January 30, 2021 GMT GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Lara Gut-Behrami won her third straight World Cup super-G on Saturday, 10 days before the world championship race in the discipline. The Swiss skier confirmed her dominance with another clear victory, a week after she won her home race in Crans Montana by 0.93 seconds. On Saturday, Kajsa Vickhoff Lie trailed by 0.68 in second for the Norwegian’s first career podium result...

Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon finishes third in World Cup super-G Italys Sofia Goggia speeds down the course during an alpine ski, womens World Cup super-G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati) January 30, 2021 - 6:33 AM GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon captured bronze to win her first medal in nearly five years, while Switzerlands Lara Gut-Behrami won her third straight World Cup...

On Saturday, Kajsa Vickhoff Lie trailed by 0.68 in second for the Norwegians first career podium result, Gagnon came 0.93 behind in third. The 31-year-old Gagnon, from Lac-Etchemin, Que., bumped Sofia Goggia off the podium. The Italian, who is on a four-race winning streak in downhill, finished fourth, ahead of Austria’s Christine Scheyer and Olympic super-G champion Ester Ledecka. It was Gagnons fifth career World Cup medal and first since a win in a super combined event at Soldeu, Andorra i...

By Syndicated Content Jan 22, 2021 2:06 PM (Reuters) – Swiss veteran Beat Feuz won an injury-hit Kitzbuehel World Cup downhill on Friday after two rivals crashed and were airlifted off the fearsome Hahnenkamm mountain. The results were made official after the minimum 30 had finished, following lengthy holds and with the weather deteriorating. It was Feuz’s first downhill win on the Streif slope after four previous second places. His team mate Urs Kryenbuehl was one of those take...