Italy dominated in the women's super-G in Val d'Isère, the final race of the World Cup weekend dedicated to speed. On the transalpine Oreiller-Killy slope, in fact, Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia won first and third place respectively. Great time for the Valle d'Aosta woman, who crossed the finish line in 1:21.58. Behind her were the Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoff Lie (+0.44) and the Bergamasque (+0.59), who managed to put together an excellent performance despite her precarious health condition. Thus, the duel between our spearheads continues. In fact, the 24th World Cup success of her career allowed Brignone once again to overtake Goggia, handing her back the lone lead in the ranking of the most successful Italians in the history of the top circuit. "Almost everything came well for me," Brignone said yesterday at the end of the race, "I always tried to keep the pace and that was my strength. It was not easy because at every gate everything was coming. In the end I kept my foot down and this tactic worked. Victory number 24? That's great. These goals are important especially for the country but also for ourselves. Personally, I don't look at records; each race is its own story".
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