Italy's Marta Bassino beats Mikaela Shiffrin to gold in super-G at worlds

08.02.2023 - 15:33 cbc.ca

Marta Bassino beat Mikaela Shiffrin to win the women's super-G on Wednesday and give Italy its second gold medal at the alpine skiing world championships, with her American rival settling for silver.

Shiffrin led Bassino by three-tenths of a second at the second split but couldn't match the Italian's pace in the last part of the Roc de Fer course in Meribel, France, and finished second, 0.11 seconds behind.

Cornelia Huetter of Austria and Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Norway both came 0.33 behind to share the bronze medal. Marie-Michèle Gagnon was the top Canadian, finishing 26th overall.

The silver is Shiffrin's 12th medal in 15 career world championship races and came two days after the American was heading for a possible medal in the combined event before straddling the third-to-last gate in the slalom portion.

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