Sofia Goggia takes her first win of the season in the downhill. The Italian wins her home race in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter finish 4th and 5th.
Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter are 17 hundredths and two tenths behind the last place on the podium, taken by Sofia Goggia's compatriot Federica Brignone. Brignone, who is currently leading the discipline rankings ahead of Austria's Cornelia Hütter, won her first World Cup downhill race in St. Anton a week ago.
Lara Gut-Behrami had secretly expected a little more on the course on which she had already come first four times in the World Cup and won the super-G and giant slalom titles at the World Championships four years ago.
Strong performance from Suter
For Corinne Suter, on the other hand, the result is the next step on her way back - one year after she tore a cruciate ligament at the same venue and two years after she suffered a concussion in a bad fall, but also became downhill world champion here four years ago. Twelve months earlier, she was one of the many racers to suffer injuries on the Tofana.
The other Swiss racers who have started so far, Delia Durrer, Malorie Blanc, who came second in her first World Cup downhill in St. Anton, Priska Ming-Nufer and Michelle Gisin, were unable to keep up with their teammates. Joana Hählen was eliminated.
Sofia Goggia wins the classic at the foot of the Dolomites for the fourth time. She had already dominated in Cortina d'Ampezzo seven, three and two years ago. The closest to the Italian in terms of time was the surprising Kajsa Lie. The Norwegian was 42 hundredths slower.
Lindsey Vonn, who barely managed to avoid a fall in the lower section, missed out on the top 15 for the first time since her return.
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