With the holiday break underway, the World Cup downhill standings are already taking shape in an Olympic season. Preseason injuries, Swiss dominance, and a front-loaded schedule are defining the women’s and men’s races as the road to Cortina d’Ampezzo and Bormio begins to narrow.
A close second day of downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway. Emma Aicher merely edges out Lauren Macuga by -0.03 for her first World Cup victory. Macuga achieves first downhill World Cup podium and Cornelia Hütter rounds out the podium.
Austria’s Cornelia Huetter claimed victory in the first-ever women’s Birds of Prey downhill, while rising American star Lauren Macuga delivered a career-best fourth-place finish, thrilling the home crowd.
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