CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut won her first downhill of the season Saturday, while Lindsey Vonn crashed for the second consecutive day.
Gut finished 0.05 seconds ahead of Sofia Goggia of Italy and 0.47 seconds in front of Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia.
The Swiss skier was competing in the final downhill before her home world championships in St. Moritz.
“There’s no better way to enter Worlds,” Gut said.
The victory reduced Gut’s deficit in the overall standings behind American leader Mikaela Shiffrin to 30 points.