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Brignone, Huetter share victory at World Cup super-G

Associated Press four years ago.
(AP) — Cornelia Huetter “I would like to take this con-
and Federica Brignone tied fidence with me to there. I
for first place in a World hope to find the same feel-
Cup super-G on Sunday, ing with the skis, with every-
in the final race before the thing,” the 31-year-old Brig-
Beijing Olympics. none said.
Brignone looked certain “And try just to enjoy, enjoy
to secure a third super-G the moment. I think it’s go-
win of the season after a ing to be my last Olympics
dominant performance Games and I will try to give
from start to finish on the my everything to my na-
Kandahar course but the tion and for myself and for
Italian was in for an anxious everyone who works with
wait as Huetter — who had me.”
been 0.18 seconds slower Out of the top 10 skiers in
at the second checkpoint the overall standings, only
— made up time in the sec- Brignone, Corinne Suter
ond half of the course. and Elena Curtoni raced.
Brignone could only smile With the win, Brignone ex-
and shake her head in dis- From left, ex aequo winners Italy's Federica Brignone and Austria's Cornelia Huetter celebrate af- tended her lead at the top
belief — and maybe some ter an alpine ski, women's World Cup Super G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, of the super-G standings,
relief — as Huetter crossed Jan. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca) which Italy dominates. Brig-
the line in exactly the same none has a 103-point lead
time of 1:18.19. That makes her teammate ites for gold in what will like- pic glory. Brignone won over Curtoni and is 145
“When I crossed the line I Brignone one of the favor- ly be her last shot at Olym- bronze in the giant slalom ahead of Goggia.q
realised it was a good run,
then I was a bit scared with
Huetter but it’s nice to be
on the top of the podium
together. I’m really happy
for her too,” Brignone said.
It was a 19th World Cup win
for Brignone but only a third
for Huetter, whose last vic-
tory was a downhill in Lake
Louise, Canada, in Decem-
ber 2017.
“Yeah it’s really nice. It
was a bit weird to cross
the finish line and I saw the
green light and I saw 0.00,”
Huetter said.
“I was really happy to share
it with Fede, her skiing was
really good and it’s nice to
share it with her and I’m su-
per happy for the day.”
Huetter’s Austrian team-
mate, Tamara Tippler was
third fastest, 0.82 behind
the duo.
With the start of the Winter
Olympics looming, several
top contenders skipped
the races in Garmisch, in-
cluding overall rivals Mikae-
la Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova,
and world super-G cham-
pion Lara Gut-Behrami.
Sofia Goggia, who won
two super-G races this sea-
son, was injured during a
World Cup super-G in Cor-
tina d’Ampezzo last week.
The Italian has started phys-
ical rehab with the aim of
returning in time for the
Olympic downhill on Feb.
15. but will likely miss the gi-
ant slalom on Feb. 7 and
the super-G on Feb. 11.