Swiss Skier Suter Wins Last Downhill Before Olympics
Jan 29, 2022, 3:24 PM
Corinne Suter at Women's World Cup Downhill Skiing event.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (AP) — World champion Corinne Suter has won the last downhill before the Beijing Olympics and the first without Sofia Goggia.
Suter had a dominate performance and was 0.51 seconds faster than Swiss teammate Jasmine Flury for her first World Cup victory since Dec. 18, 2020.
Finally, the first victory of the season has arrived for downhill World Champion @CorinneSuter 🤩! Congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻#fisalpine pic.twitter.com/nF078dSAMg
— FIS Alpine (@fisalpine) January 29, 2022
Cornelia Huetter of Austria was third. Goggia would have been the overwhelming favorite to defend her Olympic downhill title but she was injured during a World Cup super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo last week.
She is hoping to recover in time for the Olympic downhill on Feb. 15.
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