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01-03-2025
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Germany's Emma Aicher skis to her 1st World Cup victory
German skier Emma Aicher won a World Cup downhill on Saturday for her first victory, one day after she earned the maiden podium result of her career, at the Kvitfjell ski resort in Ringebu, Norway.
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01-03-2025
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German skier Emma Aicher captures 1st World Cup victory in downhill
German skier Emma Aicher won a World Cup downhill on Saturday in Kvitfjell, Norway, for her first victory, one day after she earned the maiden podium result of her career. Following a flawless second part of her run on the Olympiabakken course, Aicher edged out Lauren Macuga by 0.03 seconds, denying the American what would have been her first downhill triumph. Aicher, who wore bib 16 and started after most top-ranked downhillers had raced, brought both hands to her mouth in apparent disbelief when she saw her time at the finish. The 21-year-old German prodigy, who competes in all four Alpine disciplines, was runner-up to winner Cornelia Huetter in Friday's downhill. The Austrian placed third on Saturday, 0.19 behind. Val Grenier, of St. Isidore, Ont., recorded the top Canadian result with a 37th-place finish. It was the first downhill victory for the German women's ski team since Viktoria Rebensburg won a home race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in February 2020. Macuga's second place marked another highlight of her breakout season and came less than two months after she won a World Cup super-G, and three weeks after taking bronze in super-G at the world championships. Her previous best in downhill was fourth, from a race in Beaver Creek, Colorado in December. Downhill world champion Breezy Johnson finished 0.62 off the lead in 10th, after she was third in Friday's race. Johnson was halted at the start for several minutes as course workers needed to repair the safety netting following a crash from the previous starter, Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann. Lindsey Vonn was 0.95 off the pace in 16th in her ninth race since her comeback this season at the age of 40 with a new titanium knee after six years away from racing. Huetter, who won the downhill title last season, closed the gap on leader Federica Brignone in the discipline standings to 16 points with two races remaining.
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01-03-2025
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German skier Emma Aicher edges out US racer Lauren Macuga for her first World Cup victory
KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — German skier Emma Aicher won a World Cup downhill on Saturday for her first victory, one day after she earned the maiden podium result of her career. Following a flawless second part of her run on the Olympiabakken course, Aicher edged out Lauren Macuga by 0.03 seconds, denying the American what would have been her first downhill triumph. Aicher, who wore bib 16 and started after most top-ranked downhillers had raced, brought both hands to her mouth in apparent disbelief when she saw her time at the finish. The 21-year-old German prodigy, who competes in all four Alpine disciplines, was runner-up to winner Cornelia Huetter in Friday's downhill. The Austrian placed third on Saturday, 0.19 behind. It was the first downhill victory for the German women's ski team since Viktoria Rebensburg won a home race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in February 2020. Macuga's second place marked another highlight of her breakout season and came less than two months after she won a World Cup super-G, and three weeks after taking bronze in super-G at the world championships. Her previous best in downhill was fourth, from a race in Beaver Creek, Colorado in December. Downhill world champion Breezy Johnson finished 0.62 off the lead in 10th, after she was third in Friday's race. Johnson was halted at the start for several minutes as course workers needed to repair the safety netting following a crash from the previous starter, Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann. Lindsey Vonn was 0.95 off the pace in 16th in her ninth race since her comeback this season at the age of 40 with a new titanium knee after six years away from racing. Huetter, who won the downhill title last season, closed the gap on leader Federica Brignone in the discipline standings to 16 points with two races remaining. The Italian finished fourth on Saturday, followed by teammates Sofia Goggia and Laura Pirovano in fifth and sixth, respectively. ___ AP skiing: The Associated Press
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01-03-2025
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German skier Aicher lands first World Cup win at 21
Germany's Emma Aicher secured her first career women's alpine ski World Cup win on Saturday in the downhill at Kvitfjell. The 21-year-old, who celebrated her first ever podium 24 hours earlier, opened her World Cup account with a time of 1min 31.69s. American Lauren Macuga was second, only 0.03s behind, with Austrian Cornelia Huetter third at 0.19s. "I really surprised myself, I didn't think I was as quick as yesterday," said the delighted Swedish-born Aicher who made her World Cup debut in 2021. Huetter, who won Friday's downhill on the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic slope, moved to within 16 points of Federica Brignone in the World Cup downhill standings. With Sofia Goggia in third, 34 points back, it means the destination of the discipline's crystal globe will be played out over the last two downhills in La Thuile in Italy and Sun Valley in the United States. Brignone finished fourth on Saturday to consolidate her hold on the overall title with the Italian now 231 points clear of Lara Gut-Behrami with nine races of the season to go. In fact that total is effectively reduced to seven as Gut-Behrami has not competed in the slalom since 2017, with two still to come. tba/nr/
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01-03-2025
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German skier Emma Aicher edges out US racer Lauren Macuga for her first World Cup victory
KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — German skier Emma Aicher won a World Cup downhill on Saturday for her first victory, one day after she earned the maiden podium result of her career. Following a flawless second part of her run on the Olympiabakken course, Aicher edged out Lauren Macuga by 0.03 seconds, denying the American what would have been her first downhill triumph. Aicher, who wore bib 16 and started after most top-ranked downhillers had raced, brought both hands to her mouth in apparent disbelief when she saw her time at the finish. The 21-year-old German prodigy, who competes in all four Alpine disciplines, was runner-up to winner Cornelia Huetter in Friday's downhill. The Austrian placed third on Saturday, 0.19 behind. It was the first downhill victory for the German women's ski team since Viktoria Rebensburg won a home race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in February 2020. Macuga's second place marked another highlight of her breakout season and came less than two months after she won a World Cup super-G, and three weeks after taking bronze in super-G at the world championships. Her previous best in downhill was fourth, from a race in Beaver Creek, Colorado in December. Downhill world champion Breezy Johnson finished 0.62 off the lead in 10th, after she was third in Friday's race. Johnson was halted at the start for several minutes as course workers needed to repair the safety netting following a crash from the previous starter, Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann. Lindsey Vonn was 0.95 off the pace in 16th in her ninth race since her comeback this season at the age of 40 with a new titanium knee after six years away from racing. Huetter, who won the downhill title last season, closed the gap on leader Federica Brignone in the discipline standings to 16 points with two races remaining. The Italian finished fourth on Saturday, followed by teammates Sofia Goggia and Laura Pirovano in fifth and sixth, respectively. ___ AP skiing:
