Ski: World Cup, Goggia poker downhill

Sofia Goggia dominant profession. In the second descent of Crans Montana he does not lose a beat and slides his fourth consecutive victory in descent this season. The Bergamo-born (11th career victory, 32nd podium for her) increases her trophy collection and we must go back to 2018 with Vonn to find an athlete capable of 4 consecutive victories downhill in the World Cup. An increasingly blue Cup since with this victory the Italians have already added 9 successes this season thanks also to the great performances of Bassino in giant.

100 Italian victory

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This is the 100th victory for Italian women at the World Cup. In third place in this descent on the Swiss track is Elena Curtoni to complete another incredible day for Italian skiing. In second place, the Swiss Gut-Behrami (the footballer’s wife) distanced herself by 27/100 from the Italian, while Elena Curtoni (on the sixth podium of the World Cup) climbed to the podium 6 tenths behind her teammate. “A very nice day, I expressed myself as I always should. I was able to ski at all, ”Elena Curtoni said at the end of the race. In 4th position Pirovano: “This position is gold for me, but now I’m starting to get on the podium.” Brignone, in ninth place, completes the great day of the Italians. “I am happy to share the podium with Elena. As a child it was my nightmare because he always beat me, now we are on the podium together ”. “You always live for the next race. I go day by day to improve myself once more. As I did yesterday, file the victory and think about tomorrow. Dedication to the federation that has achieved 100 victories ”.

Record

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The absolute record for Italian women’s victories in a season is 10, set in 1996-1997. Only Anne Marie Moser Proell (streak of 11 and 7) Lindsey Vonn (6), Picabo Street (6) and Marie Therese Nadig (streak of 5) best of 4 followed by Sofia In Italy only Compagnoni (8 in giant), Karbon (4 in giant) and Brignone (4 in combined) have won 4 races in a row in the same specialty.