Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Federica Brignone became the oldest woman to win a World Cup super-G race, capping an Italian double win weekend at home in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the 2026 Olympic women’s Alpine skiing host site. Brignone, 34, prevailed by 58 hundredths of a second over 2022 Olympic gold medalist Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.
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 edged out teammate Sofia Goggia by the smallest possible margin for an Italian 1-2 finish in a women's World Cup downhill on Saturday, while Lindsey Vonn missed a gate near the bottom of the course and failed to finish.
Lindsey Vonn bounced back with a 13th-place finish in the Super-G a day after skiing out of the downhill in Germany.
Another podium, the 77th in her career, for the Italian Federica Brignone who, after yesterday's downhill victory, achieved third place in the super-G in Garmisch. The victory - the 46th in her ...
Italian Federica Brignone won the women's World Cup downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday with comeback queen Lindsey Vonn failing to finish.
Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland claimed her first win of the season in the super-G event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, defeating Norway's Kajsa Vickhoff Lie and Italy's Federica Brignone. With the win, Gut-Behrami narrows the overall World Cup lead held by Brignone to just 70 points.
Defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland gained her first win of the season, taking the super-G event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday, with American Lindsey Vonn finishing 13th.
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,
Federica Brignone continued her superb season by winning Sunday's super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo to extend her World Cup lead, as comeback queen Lindsey Vonn crashed out.
Italy -- Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics. Brignone dominated a World Cup super-G on Sunday to follow Goggia ...