Brignone and Goggia, who already won a downhill gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, are putting themselves in position to succeed Swiss rivals Gut-Behrami and Suter at the 2026 Games, when women’s skiing will be held in Cortina and men’s races in Bormio.

Federica Brignone continued her sensational form on Saturday, winning the Alpine skiing World Cup downhill at Garmisch- Partenkirchen in Germany and coming home just hundredth of a second ahead of her teammate Sofia Goggia for an Italian one-two.

World Cup leader Federica Brignone led an one-two for Italy ahead of team-mate Sofia Goggia in Saturday's downhill in Germany's Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Brignone defeated Goggia by the smallest margin in ski racing — 0.

After winning Saturday's downhill, Italy's Federica Brignone was back on the podium on Sunday, finishing third in the World Cup super-G in Garmisch. The race was won by Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami,

Partenkirchen, edging out Sofia Goggia by one hundredth of a second. This victory extended Brignone's World Cup lead. The event was marked by a serious crash involving Austria's Nina Ortlieb. James Crawford won the men's downhill in Kitzbuehel.

Sofia Goggia solidified her status as the favorite for another downhill gold by winning for the fourth time in Cortina on the course for next year’s Olympics.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics. Brignone dominated a World Cup super-G on ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia made it a sweep for host Italy on the course for next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics. Brignone dominated a World Cup super-G on ...

Another podium, the 77th in her career, for the Italian Federica Brignone who, after yesterday's downhill victory, achieved third place in the super-G in Garmisch. The victory - the 46th in

Swiss ski star Lara Gut-Behrami won the last women’s World Cup super-G before the world championships for her first victory of the season, while Lindsey Vonn placed 13th on Sunday. The world championships take place in Saalbach-Hinterglemm,

No encore for Federica Brignone in Garmisch. After her splendid Saturday closed with victory in the downhill ahead of Sofia Goggia, the skier from Valle d’Aosta did not replicate but still finished on the podium in Sunday’s SuperG.