2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill

The women's downhill in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events. The original schedule had called for eight downhills,[1] but (as discussed below) the World Cup finals race was canceled.

2021 Women's downhill World Cup
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2018 discipline champion Sofia Goggia of Italy, who had struggled with injuries since then, held the lead through midseason, and after the second downhill at Crans Montana, she had opened up a 195-point lead over Breezy Johnson of the United States, with everyone else over 200 points behind. However, he then broke a bone in her knee on 31 January and missed the next two events, providing two Swiss skiers (defending discipline champion Corinne Suter of Switzerland and 2016 overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami) with the opportunity to pass her at the season final with a great finish.[2][3]

The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The women's downhill took place on 13 February 2021.

The final was scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Tentatively, Goggia had planned to try to return for the finals, although her broken bone was still mending.[4] However, three straight days of heavy snowfall, which prevented even a training run from being held, caused the downhill finals to be cancelled, and so Goggia won her second downhill crystal globe without needing to return (her first was in 2018).[5]

Standings

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Rank Name
8 Dec 2020
Val d'Isère

 
19 Dec 2020
Val d'Isère

 
9 Jan 2021
St. Anton

 
22 Jan 2021
Crans Montana

 
23 Jan 2021
Crans Montana

 
26 Feb 2021
Val di Fassa

 
27 Feb 2021
Val di Fassa

 
17 Mar 2021
Lenzerheide

   
Total
    Sofia Goggia 80 100 100 100 100 DNS x 480
2     Corinne Suter 100 80 40 17 32 60 80 x 410
3     Lara Gut-Behrami 32 24 32 15 80 100 100 x 383
4   Breezy Johnson 60 60 60 60 45 45 DNF x 330
5   Kira Weidle 24 45 26 45 15 50 60 x 265
6   Laura Pirovano 18 14 45 16 50 32 45 x 220
7   Tamara Tippler 36 11 80 24 14 22 24 x 211
8   Elena Curtoni 26 16 32 22 60 24 26 x 206
  Ester Ledecká 40 36 50 80 DNF DNS x 206
10   Ramona Siebenhofer 6 40 14 4 0 80 50 x 194
11  Kajsa Vickhoff Lie 16 50 15 13 DNF 45 40 x 179
12   Petra Vlhová 5 0 22 50 36 29 22 x 164
13     Jasmine Flury 11 12 18 46 18 18 32 x 147
14   Ilka Štuhec 50 36 40 0 4 5 11 x 145
15     Michelle Gisin 12 29 11 0 26 29 36 x 143
16   Marie-Michèle Gagnon 13 26 DNF DNF 24 36 29 x 128
17     Priska Nufer 20 20 7 36 18 11 13 x 125
18   Mirjam Puchner 9 22 1 32 13 20 16 x 113
19   Federica Brignone DNF DNS 16 29 29 14 8 x 96
20   Nadia Delago 4 2 8 26 20 15 20 x 95
21   Stephanie Venier 22 3 24 DNF 0 16 15 x 80
22     Jasmina Suter 0 10 3 7 40 2 9 x 71
23   Nina Ortlieb 45 18 DNF DNS x 63
24  Ragnhild Mowinckel 29 6 0 0 5 6 12 x 58
25   Francesca Marsaglia 10 7 12 DNF 12 10 6 x 57
References [6] [7] [8] [9] [9] [10] [11] [5]
  •   Winner
  •   2nd place
  •   3rd place
  • DNF = Did Not Finish
  • DNS = Did Not Start
  • Updated at 17 March 2021, after all events.[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Official World Cup calendar for women" (PDF). International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ Willemsen, Eric (31 January 2021). "Italian skier Goggia to miss worlds after breaking knee bone". Associated Press. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Unstoppable Gut-Behrami seals speed double in Italy". Agence France-Presse. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Alpine skiing: Schwarz seals World Cup men's slalom title, Goggia to return". Reuters. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b Associated Press (17 March 2021). "Goggia, Feuz win World Cup downhill titles after races cancelled". CBC. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isère Women DH (FRA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  7. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isère Women DH (FRA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  8. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Anton Women DH (AUT)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  9. ^ a b "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Crans Montana Women DH (SUI)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  10. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val di Fassa Women DH (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  11. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val di Fassa Women DH (ITA)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com.
  12. ^ "CUP STANDINGS - ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUP". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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