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Pirovano Seals Downhill Title With Third Straight Win in Kvitfjell

Emma Aicher trimmed Mikaela Shiffrin’s overall lead to 95 points with three races left.

Overview

  • Italy's Laura Pirovano won the World Cup Finals downhill in Kvitfjell to clinch the season crystal globe in the discipline.
  • The victory marked her third consecutive downhill win after entering this month without a single World Cup podium in 124 starts.
  • Olympic champion Breezy Johnson finished runner-up, 0.15 seconds behind, for her 11th career World Cup podium without a win.
  • Kira Weidle-Winkelmann placed third at 0.25 seconds back, with Ariane Raedler fourth and Emma Aicher fifth.
  • Aicher’s result cut Shiffrin’s overall advantage to 95 points before three remaining events, and Shiffrin is expected to start Sunday’s super-G.