Alpine skiing news - Schmidhofer wins back-to-back downhills at Lake Louise
ByReuters
Updated 01/12/2018 at 22:19 GMT
Dec 1 (Reuters) - Austrian Nicole Schmidhofer proved her surprise win in Friday's season-opening downhill at Lake Louise was no fluke, laying down an error-free run to win her second World Cup downhill in as many days at the course in Western Canada on Saturday.
Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria celebrates
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The 29-year-old Schmidhofer sped down under sunny skies and fast, icy conditions in one minute 47.68 seconds to claim her second career World Cup victory since making her debut in 2010.
Her Austrian team mate Cornelia Huetter finished second, 0.44 seconds back, and Swiss Michelle Gisin came third, 0.47 seconds behind the leader.
American Mikaela Shiffrin, last year's downhill day two winner at Lake Louise, finished 0.63 seconds down in fourth place after tentative turns midway through the course caused her early lead to vanish.
The race was notable for the absence of American Lindsey Vonn, the most successful female ski racer in history who injured herself in a high-speed crash during a training run last week.
Vonn, who has previously said this season would be her last, on Friday said she would probably delay her retirement so she could compete next season at Lake Louise, where she has enjoyed more success than at any other venue on the World Cup circuit.
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