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AP) Ester Ledecka edged Corinne Suter for her first win in a women’s World Cup super-G on Sunday, nearly three years after winning Olympic gold in the discipline. The Czech skier finished three-hundredths ahead of Suter, the World Cup super-G champion from Switzerland who won a downhill on the same slope Friday. “It’s an amazing feeling. I’m very happy to give myself this gift for Christmas, it’s very nice,” Ledecka said. Defending overall champion Federica Brignone came 0.35 behind in third, a day after sitting out the downhill following her crash in Friday’s race. Brignone’s...

Alice Robinson back in the pack in opening World Cup Super G race 20 Dec, 2020 05:04 PM 2 minutes to read NZ Herald By: Matt Brown Kiwi skier Alice Robinson has finished 21st in her opening World Cup Super G race of the season in France. The 19-year-old who crashed out of both World Cup Giant Slalom races in Courchevel last weekend, had started from 40th position in her non-specialist event that she is racing in for the first time at World Cup level. Robinson clocked 1:26.77 down the Val d'lsere course which was 2.13 seconds slower than the Czech winner Ester Ledecka. It was an encouraging pe...

Olympic champion Ledecká wins first super-G race of Alpine World Cup season Sunday, 20 December 2020 Olympic super-G champion Ester Ledecká recorded a first International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup victory in the discipline, beating Corinne Suter by just 0.03sec in in Val-d'Isère. Czech star Ledecká - who also won a snowboarding gold medal at Pyeongchang 2018 and splits time between the two - was sixth down the super-G course in the French resort and completed it in 1min 24.64sec. Suter, winner of last season's super-G crystal globe, was the next skier up and ahead at the ...

Ledecka edges Suter to add World Cup win to Olympic title United States' Keely Cashman speeds down the course during an alpine ski women's World Cup Super G in Val d'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti) December 20, 2020 - 6:31 AM VAL D'ISERE, France - Ester Ledecka edged Corinne Suter for her first win in a women’s World Cup super-G on Sunday, nearly three years after winning Olympic gold in the discipline. The Czech skier finished three hundredths ahead of Suter, the World Cup super-G champion from Switzerland who won a dow...

2020/12/20 19:38 Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka speeds down the course during an alpine ski women's World Cup Super G in Val d'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (A... Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka speeds down the course during an alpine ski women's World Cup Super G in Val d'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti) Italy's Federica Brignone speeds down the course during an alpine ski women's World Cup Super G in Val d'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Pho... Italy's Federica Brignone speeds down...