FIS Alpine Ski World Cup: Federica Brignone closes gap on Lara Gut-Behrami with super-G victory in Kvitfjell

BySportsbeat

Updated 03/03/2024 at 14:36 GMT

Federica Brignone won the women's super-G in Kvitfjell to close the gap on Lara Gut-Behrami in the Crystal Globe standings. The Italian clocked in with a time of 1:37.90 that saw her beat out Switzerland's Gut-Behrami by 0.61 seconds in Norway. Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic finished 0.18 seconds further back to claim bronze ahead of home favourite Kajsa Vickhoff Lie.

Highlights: Brignone takes women’s super-G win in Kvitfjell

Federica Brignone won the women's super-G in Kvitfjell to close the gap on Lara Gut-Behrami in the Crystal Globe standings.

The Italian's run of 1:37.90 saw her beat out Switzerland's Gut-Behrami by 0.61 seconds in Norway.

Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic finished 0.18 seconds further back to claim bronze and her first Super-G podium of the season, coming home ahead of home favourite Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Norway.

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Brignone's second super-G win of the campaign sees her move 74 points behind Gut-Behrami in the discipline standings.

In the overall Alpine Skiing standings, Gut-Behrami still has a healthy 211-point lead over the absent Mikaela Shiffrin with Brignone in third with 279 points

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