MERIBEL, France : Switzerland's Jasmine Flury won a surprise gold in the women's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships but favourite Sofia Goggia was disqualified for straddling a gate on Saturday.Early starter Flury found the perfect line down the sunlit Roc de Fer piste to win in one minute
MERIBEL, France : Switzerland's Jasmine Flury won a surprise gold in the women's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships but favourite Sofia Goggia was disqualified for straddling a gate on Saturday.
Austrian Nina Ortlieb missed out on gold by an agonising 0.04 seconds with Swiss defending champion Corinne Suter 0.12 seconds back in the bronze medal position. But the 2018 Olympic champion made a big mistake in the lower section of the course and although she just avoided crashing, she hit a gate heavily and was disqualified.
"But sport is this way. People expect you to win easily but that doesn't count. Life goes on and we move to the next races."
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