{"id":1317260,"date":"2019-12-14T09:12:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=470115"},"modified":"2019-12-16T08:18:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:18:14","slug":"mikaela-shiffrin-3rd-in-world-cup-super-g-goggia-wins-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/mikaela-shiffrin-3rd-in-world-cup-super-g-goggia-wins-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikaela Shiffrin 3rd in World Cup super-G, Goggia wins in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after taking third place in an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super G in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo\/Alessandro Trovati)<\/strong>
Switzerland Alpine Skiing World Cup<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) \u2014 She can joke now about the accident that sent her car into a twisting fall off a mountain road and left it balancing on top of a van as if parked there by choice.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Sofia Goggia won her first World Cup ski race since walking away uninjured from the incident in her native Italy eight months ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am more famous for this car accident, better than Olympic gold,\u201d quipped the 2018 Pyeongchang Games downhill champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was not my moment to go, I think,\u201d Goggia said when asked about the crash at a news conference after winning a super-G race and edging World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin into third. \u201cMy life continued without any stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her silver Audi left a slippery road at Sestriere when she steered to avoid hitting the car in front which had slowed.<\/p>\n

Goggia said the accident caused \u201ca little bit of shock,\u201d and then described some after-effects.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had just, like, three nights in which I was waking up during my sleep with the feeling that I was turning in my car. But that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goggia added: \u201cIt\u2019s a signal that you have to reassess something in your life, but it was really okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Italian\u2019s skiing was more than okay on a sunny but windswept mountain above the high-end resort of St. Moritz.<\/p>\n

Goggia won by the smallest margin, just 0.01 second faster than teammate Federica Brignone.<\/p>\n

Shiffrin trailed Goggia by 0.13 in third. A sixth podium finish in eight World Cup races so far extended her overall standings lead as she seeks a fourth straight title.<\/p>\n

It was the second time in two weeks that Shiffrin stood looking up at two Italians. It also happened in a giant slalom at Killington, Vermont, where Marta Bassino edged Brignone for victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are all great skiers and they have a really aggressive mindset,\u201d Shiffrin said of her friendly rivalry with the Italy team. \u201cIt\u2019s super cool to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goggia is one of the most flamboyant racers, and seemed at the limit making some turns before losing a ski pole landing a jump near the end. She chose to let the pole go after soaring \u201ctoo long, too high\u201d at the jump.<\/p>\n

Brignone watched while sitting in the leader\u2019s box and applauded with hands above her head on seeing her teammate\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing thing for all the team to share the podium and share happiness,\u201dsaid Brignone, though acknowledging it hurt to lose by so little.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one-hundredth so it burns. A lot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A seventh career World Cup win was Goggia\u2019s third in super-G. She also took silver at the biennial world championships in February when Shiffrin won by just 0.02.<\/p>\n

Goggia also held nothing back standing atop the podium, loudly and heartily singing her national anthem, known by its opening line of Fratelli d\u2019Italia, with eyes closed.<\/p>\n

In a tight race, 10 racers were within one second of the winner. Nicole Schmidhofer, the 2017 world champion on this course, was fourth and there was a three-way tie for sixth.<\/p>\n

By placing 10th, Viktoria Rebensburg rose to lead the super-G standings after two races. The German racer is also second overall though her World Cup points total is less than half of Shiffrin\u2019s 532 tally.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor now, she (Shiffrin) is unbeatable for the overall,\u201d said Brignone, who is third.<\/p>\n

However, Shiffrin will not chase 100 more points Sunday in the parallel slalom racing event she won last year<\/p>\n

The U.S. team said Shiffrin would sit out the race to rest ahead of a busy schedule in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

Goggia will be at the start line, making her debut in the newest Alpine event<\/p>\n

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