World Ski Championships Saalbach: Breezy Johnson gold in downhill, Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia far behind

Breezy Johnson d'gold in downhill, Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia far behind

Downhill to forget for Italy at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach. Winning the gold medal, in fact, è was American Breezy Johnson, who completed the event in 1:41.29, preceding Austria&#39s Mirjam Puchner by 15 hundredths and Czech Ester Ledecka by 21. Completing the top 5 were Cornelia Huetter and Lauren Macuga.

Sixth place went to Germany&#39s Emma Aicher, who finished ahead of Switzerland&#39s Corinne Suter. Surprisingly, in eighth place is Nicol Delago, who è is the best of the Italians with a gap of 76 hundredths. Only tenth, however, is Federica Brignone, who pays a gap of more than a second over Johnson.

As for the other azzurre in the race, Laura Pirovano finishes 13th, while Sofia Goggia closes even outside the top 15 with a delay of almost two seconds from the race winner.

It ends with a 15th place, finally, the return to the World Championships for Lindsey Vonn, who manages to precede the skier from Bergamo by only one hundredth.