Ilka Stuhec completed her downhill season Wednesday by edging Sofia Goggia for victory at the World Cup Finals. The two-time world champion raced down the sun-bathed slopes of Soldeu, Andorra, to finish 0.51 seconds ahead of Goggia, who was the dominant downhill racer this season.
Lara Gut-Behrami was third, 0.81 seconds behind Stuhec. Stuhec added a second victory in an impressive season when she was also runner-up at two of Goggia's five downhill victories.
They were the 32-year-old Slovenian skier's first podium finishes since retaining her world championship title in downhill in February 2019 in Are, Sweden.
Goggia's season-long downhill title was the fourth in the past five seasons for the 2018 Olympic champion from Italy. Elena Curtoni, one of only four racers to win a World Cup downhill this season, crashed Wednesday, as did Nina Ortlieb.