Swiss Corinne Suter, who last year emerged as the world’s top speed skier, won her first world title in the downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Saturday.
Suter, the silver medalist at the last worlds in 2019, prevailed by two tenths of a second over surprise German silver medalist Kira Weidle. Swiss Lara Gut-Behrami, who led a Swiss one-two with Suter in Thursday’s super-G, took bronze, .37 behind.
American Breezy Johnson, who finished third in four of five World Cup downhills this season, placed ninth on Saturday after a bobble in an early, bumpy turn section led to her losing several tenths at the next split.