Italy's Sofia Goggia won
the women's downhill at the Winter Olympics Wednesday, making
history with the first Olympic downhill gold for an Italian
woman.
It was Italy's third gold and ninth medal overall in
PyeongChang.
Goggia beat Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel into silver while
pre-race favourite, US superstar Lindsay Vonn, came third for
the bronze.
"It was a perfect downhill," Goggia said after the race.
"I feel lucky, a childhood dream has come true".
Goggia beat Mowinckel by nine hundredths of a second and
Vonn by 47 hundredths.
Premier Paolo Gentiloni tweeted "a very great Sofia Goggia
the first gold in our history in women's downhill #Italy".
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