Suter tops podium in Zauchensee downhill

BySportsbeat

Published 11/01/2020 at 13:45 GMT

Switzerland's Corinne Suter displayed the latest impressive stage in the development of her burgeoning career to claim a first-ever alpine skiing World Cup win in Austria on Saturday.

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Suter clocked a time of 1:18.79 on the shortened downhill track at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, 0.29s ahead of Italy's Nicol Delago.

Fog and gloomy conditions forced race organisers to lower the start to the second reserve position at Hot Air, eliminating nearly 30 seconds from the course, as compared to two previous training runs earlier in the week.

Suter skied aggressively despite the far from ideal weather to better the time of her compatriot Michelle Gisin by 0.98 seconds, Switzerland also taking bronze on the podium.

Alpine Skiing