Sofia Goggia wins super-G, goes 3 for 3 in Lake Louise

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Sofia Goggia captured a World Cup super-G win on Sunday to go 3 for 3 in races at Lake Louise.

The 29-year-old Italian finished in 1:18.28 seconds on a cold day to beat Swiss racer Lara Gut-Behrami by 0.11 seconds. Mirjam Puchner of Austria, starting 29th overall, finished in third place, while two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin wound up in sixth place as she rounds into form after dealing with a back ailment.

Shiffrin had a positive take on her day. “That super-G felt quite a lot better than downhill,” commented Shiffrin. “I’m actually pretty excited because I felt like I was skiing really well and executing my plan. I just got a little bit too straight on one turn in the course and got pushed a little bit. The skiing and all those pieces were there and I’m actually really excited about not having much training in the last few weeks. I was pretty concerned coming into this week.”

“Obviously the downhills were not super fast for me,” she laughed. “So I thought uh, oh, maybe I can’t really pull this off. But I still feel quite comfortable on a super-G ski so that’s really positive and makes me feel a little bit better about the weekend as a whole.” 

Goggia won a pair of downhills on the Lake Louise hill leading into the super-G race. She was the 14th racer on the course Sunday and slightly behind Gut-Behrami’s time at the third interval. But Goggia found speed at the bottom of the course.

It was Goggia’s 14th career World Cup win and first in the super-G since 2019. She will try to defend her Olympic downhill title at the Beijing Games in two months.

Gut-Behrami picked up her 62nd World Cup podium. She’s the world champion in the super-G courtesy of her win last February in Italy.

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