Italy's Fanchini takes rare victory in front of home fans

BySportsbeat

Updated 16/01/2015 at 14:04 GMT

Elena Fanchini ended a nine-year wait to top the World Cup podium again after taking victory in the ladies downhill in Cortina D'Ampezzo.

Italian Elena Fanchini (C), Canadian Larisa Yurkiv (L) and German Viktoria Rebensburg (R) celebrates on the podium after the women's World Cup downhill event of the FIS Ski World Cup in Cortina D'Ampezzo on January 16, 2015 (AFP)

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Fanchini's last triumph came nine years and 45 days ago when she took gold in the downhill held at Lake Louise in Canada.

But she was finally enjoying the winning feeling again as she clocked 1:09.53 from her run to take victory in front of her home fans.

Second went to Canadian Larisa Yurkiw who finished 0.15 seconds back, while Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg completed the podium in 1:09.84.

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