(Reuters) – Corinne Suter boosted her confidence forward of the winter Olympics in Beijing after a flawless run noticed her win a World Cup downhill race in Germany’s Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday.
The 27-year outdated Swiss, the reigning world downhill champion who’s but to win an Olympic medal, stormed down the course in 1:40.74 minutes, 0.51 seconds forward of second-placed compatriot Jasmine Fleury.
Austrian Cornelia Huetter completed third, 0.78 seconds off the tempo. The rostrum finishers took benefit of the absence of general World Cup downhill chief Sofia Goggia, who faces a race in opposition to time to get well from damage in time for the Olympics.
Italy’s Goggia sprained her left knee when she crashed out of a super-G on residence soil in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Sunday after dropping her stability within the closing part of a treacherous course.
Suter, who moved as much as second place within the general downhill standings — on 331 factors behind Goggia who has 400 — was delighted after shining on the speedy Kandahar course.
“It’s crucial for me as a result of I had a troublesome begin to the season and now I’ve discovered my means as I get higher on a regular basis,” she informed Eurosport.
“I felt nice in the present day from the primary gate and though I’ve received the Olympics on my thoughts, I attempted to maintain a transparent head and ski freely.”
The ladies’s season continues with a super-G on the identical venue on Sunday earlier than it breaks up for the Feb. 4-20 Beijing video games.
American Mikaela Shiffrin leads the general World Cup standings on 1026 factors, 17 forward of second-placed Slovakian Petra Vlhova, whereas third-placed Goggia has 769 factors.
(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Enhancing by Christina Fincher)
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