Italy's Marta Bassino won the SuperG
at the skiing world championships in France Wednesday, grabbing
Italy's second gold after Federica Brignone in the combined two
days ago.
Bassino clocked 1.28.06 to beat into second place American
superstar Mikaela Shiffrin (1.28.17), who had looked like
bagging the combined before straddling the last slalom gate on
Monday.
Austria's Cornelia Huetter took the bronze in 1.28.39.
Brignone came eighth while it was a disappointing 11th place
finish for Sofia Goggi, one of the pre-race favourites after
winning four of the six World Cup downhill races so far this
season, despite her breaking two fingers in St Moritz in
December.
Bassino said she was overjoyed at doing something "incredible".
She told Rai TV: "Today I just thought of skiing like I know, in
the end what makes the difference is pushing in all the bends
and that's what I thought to do, I'm super happy.
"It's something strong, incredible, I'm really pleased with
myself, I'm happy. It's a joy, crowning hard work, tenacity and
consistency".
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