Italy’s Sofia Goggia opened up the women’s World Cup downhill season on top of the podium with a victory Friday at Lake Louise.
Goggia finished in a time of one minute 46.95 seconds, ahead of American Breezy Johnson (1:48.42) and Austria’s Mirjam Puchner (1:48.49).
Goggia also had the fastest time in the race’s only training session on Tuesday. Training runs scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday were called off due to weather.
A second downhill scheduled for Saturday will be followed by Sunday’s super-G.
The men got one downhill in at Lake Louise last weekend.
Heavy, wet snow and poor visibility caused the cancellation of a downhill and the super-G.
WATCH | Italy’s Goggia earns downhill win at Lake Louise:
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Italy’s Sofia Goggia claimed a World Cup win Friday at the famed Lake Louise downhill race crossing the line with a winning time of 1:46.95. 2:22
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