Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics. Brignone dominated a World Cup super-G on Sunday to follow Goggia’s downhill victory a day earlier when Brignone was third. Lindsey Vonn had another rough day as she fell midway down her run. Brignone finished 0.
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Brignone dominated a World Cup super-G on Sunday to follow Goggia’s downhill victory a day earlier when Brignone was third.had another rough day, falling midway down her run on the Olympia delle Tofane course, where she holds the record of 12 wins.Brignone finished 0.58 seconds ahead of Olympic super-G champion Lara Gut-Behrami and 1.08 ahead of Olympic downhill champion Corinne Suter.
Brignone and Goggia, who already won a downhill gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, are putting themselves in position to succeed Swiss rivals Gut-Behrami and Suter at the 2026 Games, when women’s skiing will be held in Cortina and men’s races in Bormio.Dampf is an Associated Press sports writer based in Rome. He covers a wide variety of sports in Italy and Europe.
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