Stuhec surprises rivals in World Cup opener

BySportsbeat

Published 02/12/2016 at 21:45 GMT

Slovenian Ilka Stuhec was the surprise winner in the opening ladies' downhill World Cup event of the season as she recorded her first-ever victory in Lake Louise, Canada.

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Heading to Canada the best World Cup result for Stuhec was a fourth-place Super-G finish in Beaver Creek just over three years ago.

But she blew that out of the water as she came home in 1:45.48 minutes to pip Sofia Goggia to the opening win – finishing 0.22 seconds ahead of the Italian.

Completing the podium was Swede Kajsa Kling who crossed in 1:45.79, meaning Lara Gut of Switzerland had to settle for fourth.

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But there was no doubting who the star of the show was, with 26-year-old Stuhec marking her first World Cup podium finish in the best possible way.

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