US EditionPirovano Takes World Cup Downhill Title with Third Win in a Row
Laura Pirovano clinched her first downhill title with three wins this season, while Emma Aicher narrowed Mikaela Shiffrin’s overall lead to 95 points with three races left.
- On Saturday in Lillehammer, Norway, Italian skier Laura Pirovano clinched her first women's World Cup downhill Crystal Globe by winning the season's final race, finishing 83 points ahead of rival Emma Aicher.
- Before her recent success, Pirovano had never finished on a World Cup podium in 124 career races, whereas American ski great Lindsey Vonn had dominated the discipline until crashing at the Milano-Cortina Olympics in February.
- Beating Olympic and world downhill champion Breezy Johnson by 0.15 seconds, Pirovano claimed victory with German teammate Kira Weidle-Winkelmann finishing third and Aicher placing fifth.
- "I have a lot of emotion, I still can," Pirovano said after her victory, while Aicher's fifth-place finish allowed the German skier to accrue 45 points on overall leader Mikaela Shiffrin.
- Shiffrin holds a 95-point lead in the overall World Cup standings with three races remaining, and the American is expected to compete in Sunday's super-G as she chases her sixth overall title.
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Laura Pirovano can still not believe it. The blue skier won the World Cup of free descent at the Finals of Kvitfjell, signing the third consecutive success after the double in Val di Fassa. An unexpected feat until a few weeks ago, told by her warm words: "I have a mad fear of dropping it, this cup. I really don't know what to say, she confessed immediately after the race. The 28-year-old Trentino, who until this March had never climbed on a pod…
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Pirovano wins World Cup downhill title, Aicher puts pressure on Shiffrin
With the third downhill victory in series Laura Pirovano ensures the big coup: the 28-year-old Italian wins the small ball in the royal discipline.
Laura Pirovano takes World Cup Alpine skiing downhill title with third win in a row
LILLEHAMMER, Norway, March 21 - Italy's Laura Pirovano clinched her first women's World Cup Alpine skiing downhill Crystal Globe on Saturday after winning the season's final race in the discipline in Lillehammer, Norway. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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