CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Just passed the absentee. Michaela Shiffrin In the women's World Cup overall standings, Lara Gut-Behrami won Friday's shortened downhill race, closing in on injured Sofia Goggia in the event rankings.
Gut-Behrami, who is on a four-race winning streak, was 0.21 seconds faster than Swiss teammate Jasmine Fleury on the Montlachot course, much to the delight of local fans with her first downhill victory in more than two years.
Austrian skier Cornelia Hütter also took second place with the same time as Fleury.
It was the first downhill race for the discipline specialist since his season ended prematurely. break two bones He injured his right leg in an accident during training.
Gut-Behrami has a 41-point lead over Goggia, who has topped the World Cup downhill rankings in each of the past three seasons.
There are three more downhill races scheduled this season, including Saturday's race in Crans-Montana. A race win is worth 100 points. Super-G will also be held at Crans-Montana on Sunday.
Gut Behrami, 32 years old overtook Shiffrin His victory in last weekend's giant slalom put him at the top of the overall standings. She extended her lead to 105 points on Friday. Shiffrin isn't out yet. He is currently receiving treatment for an injury to his left knee.
many Top skiers have been involved in serious accidents Recently, he suffered a season-ending injury. Petra Vlhova, Valerie Grenier and Colin Suterand alexander aamodt kilde, Alexis Pinturault and Marco Schwartz on the men's circuit.
Gut-Behrami is aiming for his second overall title, eight years after his first victory. This would equal the record of Moser Proel, who won her first championship in 1971 and her sixth in 1979, and is the only female skier to win eight years apart.
Shiffrin could get her sixth win.
Gut-Behrami, who started 11th, lost a lot of time on the flat section in the center of the course, but finished brilliantly to give him his first downhill victory since Austria on January 15, 2022.
Due to warm temperatures and soft snow conditions upon arrival, the race was shortened and the finish line moved up five gates. The resort and slopes face south, so there is plenty of sunlight.
However, after crossing the raised arrival line, skiers continued down to the original goal arch in front of the fans. It was the finish line at Crans-Montana. Timing goes wrong on the snow Five years ago, the result was revised after a few days and Gut-Behrami was promoted to the podium.
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