Women’s World Cup downhill race postponed by poor weather

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - The World Cup race planned Saturday has been rescheduled due to weather conditions, meaning Sofia Goggia will take her four-race winning streak in downhill to the world championships next month.

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The World Cup race planned Saturday has been rescheduled due to weather conditions, meaning Sofia Goggia will take her four-race winning streak in downhill to the world championships next month.

The International Ski Federation said Friday that the downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen cannot take place because difficult weather conditions at the German resort prevented a mandatory training run this week.

The Garmisch weekend program is now super-G races on back-to-back days, with its downhill pushed back to Feb. 26 at Val Di Fassa, Italy.

Sofia Goggia of Italy in action during the women's downhill race at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
Sofia Goggia of Italy in action during the women's downhill race at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Goggia has won four straight World Cup downhills, joining Lindsey Vonn as the only racers to achieve the feat in the past 25 years.

The downhill medal race at the world championships is scheduled Feb. 13 at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. The championships run Feb. 8-21.

Goggia is favoured to add the world title to the gold medal she won at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics where the now-retired Vonn took bronze at her final Winter Games.

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