Priska Nufer, 30, tops Olympic champs Ledecka, Goggia, Suter for breakout downhill win
If Swiss skier Priska Nufer was going to have a breakout success at age 30, it surely was going to be on home snow at Crans-Montana.
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If Swiss skier Priska Nufer was going to have a breakout success at age 30, it surely was going to be on home snow at Crans-Montana.
Priska Nufer won a World Cup event for the first time and became the oldest female skier to win at Crans-Montana, in a major downhill upset. The 30-year-old Swiss skier had never achieved a World Cup podium before but beat Ester Ledecka by 0.11 seconds on Sunday morning.
Priska Nufer won the Crans Montana downhill on Sunday 27 February).
Beijing 2022 snowboard Olympic champion Ester Ledecka underlined her versatility with an Alpine Ski World Cup victory in Crans Montana on Saturday 26 February.
Click on the video player above to watch live action from the women's alpine skiing World Cup stop at the Crans-Montana resort in Valais, Switzerland.
YANQING, China : Switzerland dominated Alpine skiing at the Beijing Olympics while the biggest name in the sport, American Mikaela Shiffrin, left without a medal from her six competitions.
Alpine skiing featured 11 events at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and Swiss athletes got the lion's share by winning almost half of them.