Sofia Goggia grabs fifth World Cup downill victory

Italy's Sofia Goggia roared back from World Championship disappointment to claim downhill World Cup gold in Crans Montana. The 30-year-old took the victory by 0.15 seconds over teammate Federica Brignone whilst France's Laura Gauche claimed third.

Ad Goggia was unable to cleanly finish her downhill run in Courchevel Meribel last week but soared back to the top of the podium in the rescheduled World Cup event in Switzerland. Crans-MontanaGoggia wins Crans-Montana downhill in tricky conditions to close in on crystal globe2 HOURS AGO Her time of 1:26.81 cemented her position at the top of the overall downhill standings with 670 points following five first place victories and six podiums this season.

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