Gut-Behrami wins downhill to extend lead over Shiffrin in World Cup overall standings

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Fresh from overtaking the absent Mikaela Shiffrin in the women’s World Cup overall standings, Lara Gut-Behrami won a shortened downhill on Friday to close in on the injured Sofia Goggia in the discipline standings.

Gut-Behrami, who is on a four-race winning streak, was 0.21 seconds faster than Swiss teammate Jasmine Flury on the Mont Lachaux course — much to the delight of the home fans — for her first downhill victory in more than two years.

Austrian skier Cornelia Huetter was also second, with the same time as Flury.

“I think today the difference was about the attitude,” Gut-Behrami said. “I made a few mistakes, sometimes my ski wasn’t catching. So I would say it was a fight to stay on my skis and try to be fast.”