Alpine Skiing-Superb Suter wins women's downhill in Garmisch
Corinne Suter boosted her confidence ahead of the winter Olympics in Beijing after a flawless run saw her win a World Cup downhill race in Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday.
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Corinne Suter shows good form by winning last World Cup downhill race before Beijing Olympics
World champion Corinne Suter showed she is finding her best form just in time for the Winter Olympics by winning the final World Cup downhill race before Beijing. With several other top skiers skipping the race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Suter put down a clean run to earn her first win of the season. She clocked 1:40.74 on the classic course, finishing half a second ahead of Swiss team-mate Jasmine Flury.
Suter picks perfect time for first downhill win of the season
Corinne Suter appears to have found her downhill form at the perfect time as she claimed her first Alpine Ski World Cup victory of the season in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. With the Beijing Olympic Winter Games getting underway in just a week's time, Suter could hardly have picked a better moment to stand atop the World Cup podium for the first time since December 2020. Ad/> She skied confidently and adeptly in Garmisch as she won comfortably in a time of 1:40.74, a full 0.51s ahead of fellow Swiss star Jasmine Flury, who scored just a second World Cup podium finish of her career after a previous lone success back in 2017.
Alpine Skiing-Superb Suter wins women's downhill in Garmisch
(Reuters) - Corinne Suter boosted her confidence ahead of the winter Olympics in Beijing after a flawless run saw her win a World Cup downhill race in Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday.
Swiss skier Suter wins last downhill before Olympics
In the absence of Sofia Goggia, world champion Corinne Suter won the last downhill before the Beijing Olympics.
Sofia Goggia Olympic downhill title defence in doubt after Sunday crash in Italy
Sofia Goggia is going to need to recover in a hurry from a series of injuries following another crash on Sunday if she's going to be able to defend her Olympic downhill title next month.
US downhill skier Breezy Johnson to miss Beijing Olympics with knee injury after training crashes
American skier Breezy Johnson, one of the top medal contenders in the women’s downhill, will miss the Beijing Olympics after injuring her knee in a training crash. Johnson Ad/> /> Beijing 2022Rocket Ryding reveals secret sober ingredient that fired him to World Cup lift offA DAY AGO that she damaged cartilage in her right knee following a crash in Cortina d’Ampezzo, when she ”immediately felt a massive crack in my knee.” ”It was a large chunk of cartilage that is partially dislodged,” Johnson wrote. /> Johnson had been in great form this season, finishing second in three World Cup downhill races in December to establish herself as one of the favourites in Beijing.
Elena Curtoni prevails in super-G in Cortina D'Ampezzo as Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia crashes out again
Italy celebrated a home winner of the super-G in Cortina D'Ampezzo although it was not the name everyone expected as Elena Curtoni claimed her second World Cup triumph. Curtoni crossed the finish line in 1:20.98 for her first super-G World Cup success, with Austrian Tamara Tippler taking the silver medal in a time of 1:21.07 — 0.09s behind.