Brignone won her 32nd career World Cup race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, but it's only the second downhill victory of her career, two weeks after her maiden triumph in the sport's fastest discipline in St.
Federica Brignone has edged out teammate Sofia Goggia by the smallest possible margin for an Italian 1-2 finish in a women's World Cup downhill.
Federica Brignone became the oldest woman to win a World Cup super-G race, capping an Italian double win weekend at home in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the 2026 Olympic women’s Alpine skiing host site. Brignone, 34, prevailed by 58 hundredths of a second over 2022 Olympic gold medalist Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland.
Italian Federica Brignone won the women's downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday, defeating her compatriot Sofia Goggia by one hundredth of a second to extend her overall World Cup lead as Lindsey Vonn again failed to finish.
Lindsey Vonn bounced back with a 13th-place finish in the Super-G a day after skiing out of the downhill in Germany.
World Cup leader Federica Brignone led an one-two for Italy ahead of team-mate Sofia Goggia in Saturday's downhill in Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Brignone defeated Goggia by the smallest margin in ski racing — 0.
Partenkirchen, edging out Sofia Goggia by one hundredth of a second. This victory extended Brignone's World Cup lead. The event was marked by a serious crash involving Austria's Nina Ortlieb. James Crawford won the men's downhill in Kitzbuehel.
Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
World Cup leader Federica Brignone led an one-two for Italy Saturday's downhill in Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen, while Canada's James Crawford stunned top favourite Marco Odermatt to take first place in Kitzbühel,
Federica Brignone edged out teammate Sofia Goggia by the smallest possible margin for an Italian 1-2 finish in a women's World Cup downhill on Saturday, while Lindsey Vonn missed a gate near the bottom of the course and failed to finish.
Mikaela Shiffrin finished 10th in a World Cup slalom race on her injury comeback on Thursday, with Croatian racer Zrinka Ljutic winning in style under floodlights at Courchevel. The 21-year-old Ljutic has won three of the past four slaloms.
Returning before next month's world championships and chasing a record-extending 100th World Cup win, the American struggled with her timing on both runs.