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.

Cornelia Huetter of Austria was third, 0.78s behind. Ad/> Suter ended Switzerland’s 32-year wait for a women’s downhill world champion last year in Cortina d’Ampezzo and will be looking for her first Olympic medal in Beijing next month. Cortina d'AmpezzoGoggia overcomes windy conditions to earn another downhill victory22/01/2022 AT 14:00 She couldn't have asked for a better confidence booster, as this was her first World Cup win since December 2020.

“It’s very important for me because I had a difficult start to the season," Suter said. «And now I’ve found my way and getting better and better. Today I was super happy to ski here and also the feeling was awesome from the first gate.” /> She’ll face tougher competition in China, though.

Reigning Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia of Italy, who has dominated the event in recent years, is nursing a knee injury but is still hoping to be fit in time for the Beijing race on February 15. US downhill skier Breezy Johnson to miss Beijing Olympics with knee injury Sofia Goggia takes another downhill World Cup victory on home soil Fellow speed specialist Lara Gut-Behrami and American star Mikaela Shiffrin were among several other big names to skip this weekend's Garmisch races to focus on their preparations for the Olympics. A super-G will be held Sunday.