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.
ST. ANTON, Austria — Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43. Malorie Blanc had never even started a World Cup downhill.
ST. ANTON, Austria -- Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43. Malorie Blanc had never even started a World Cup downhill. In an ...
Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career before Saturday. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43.
Saturday, each posted top-20 results in Cortina’s downhill. Sunday, Vonn crashed out of the super-G race after her skis caught on themselves. Macuga finished 16th in Sunday’s super-G race.
Tearful New Zealand skier Alice Robinson secured her first World Cup win in four years to climb to the top of the giant slalom standings.
American Paula Moltzan notched her first World Cup giant slalom podium by climbing from 10th place after the first run to finish third in Kronplatz, Italy, on Tuesday. Moltzan, a 30-year-old native of Minnesota,
Overall leader Federica Brignone was fastest in the opening run of the women’s World Cup giant slalom on Tuesday as the Italian attempts
Federica Brignone was fastest in the first run of Tuesday's giant slalom at Kronplatz as the veteran aims for back-to-back victories in the alpine skiing World Cup.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Sofia Goggia is leading a World Cup downhill on the course that will host women’s skiing at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics, while Lindsey Vonn was in 20th on Saturday.
Parkite speed skiers Lindsey Vonn and Lauren Macuga each posted top-20 finishes at the Cortina d’Ampezzo World Cup downhill race Saturday. Vonn finished with a time of 1:35.63, good enough for 20th, and Macuga finished at 1:35.
Federica Brignone leads the overall standings with 639 points, followed by Camille Rast and Sara Hector, distant 106 and 132 lengths respectively. The red SuperG bib remains worn by Gut Behrami, but Brignone and Goggia remain close in the specialty ranking, with Curtoni moving up to sixth place.