Sofia Goggia solidified her status as the favorite for another downhill gold by winning Saturday for the fourth time on the course for next year's Olympics.

Italian Federica Brignone won the women's downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday, defeating her compatriot Sofia Goggia by one hundredth of a second to extend her overall World Cup lead as Lindsey Vonn again failed to finish.

Sofia Goggia won at Cortina d'Ampezzo, one year before she hopes for home gold at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

Sofia Goggia put on a speed ski masterclass in Saturday's World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo, delighting fans with a typically fearless display on home snow as Lindsey Vonn had a disappointing run on one of her favourite pistes.

Italian Sofia Goggia continued to impress on her return from injury, winning the World Cup downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo's iconic Olympia delle Tofane course on Saturday, while American Lindsey Vonn finished down in 20th.

The Italian dominated on home snow in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Saturday (18 January) on the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games course. Lindsey Vonn made her competitive return to one of her favourite slopes.

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Federica Brignone edged out teammate Sofia Goggia by the smallest possible margin for an Italian 1-2 finish in a women’s World Cup downhill on Saturday, while Lindsey Vonn missed a gate near the bottom of the course and failed to finish.

Lindsey Vonn bounced back with a 13th-place finish in the Super-G a day after skiing out of the downhill in Germany.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the ... Goggia's downhill victory a day earlier when Brignone was third. Meanwhile, Lindsey Vonn had another rough day, falling midway down her run on the ...

In her second downhill since coming back from her 2019 World Cup retirement, Lindsey Vonn looked destined for another jaw-dropping result in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Vonn charged the lower half of the Olympia delle

Lindsey Vonn is planning to race this weekend in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy despite having crashed in Thursday’s downhill training run. The 40-year-old spoke to FIS Media on Friday morning about the incident,