Sawt Falasteen - Italy's Bassino wins women's world super-G gold

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Italy's Bassino wins women's world super-G gold / Photo: Fabrice COFFRINI - AFP

Italy's Bassino wins women's world super-G gold

SPORTS 08.02.2023

Italy's Marta Bassino streaked to victory in the women's super-G at the World Ski Championships on Wednesday, with US star Mikaela Shiffrin claiming silver.

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The 26-year-old Italian, who won joint gold in the parallel slalom at the last worlds in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 2021, timed 1min 28.06sec down the Roc de Fer piste in Meribel.

Shiffrin made up for skiing out of the alpine combined on the cusp of bagging gold with a second-placed finish just 0.11 seconds behind.

Bronze was shared by Austria's Cornelia Huetter and Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Norway, both at 0.33sec.

S.Abdullah--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - Italy's Bassino wins women's world super-G gold

Italy's Bassino wins women's world super-G gold

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