The women's downhill in the
2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved eight events, including the season finale in
Aspen
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Species
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, Colorado (USA). Defending champion (and eight-time discipline champion)
Lindsey Vonn
Lindsey Caroline Vonn ( ; born October 18, 1984) is an American FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mika ...
of the USA was injured during the first half of the season, leaving the championship race wide open. However, Slovenian skier
Ilka Štuhec
Ilka Štuhec (born 26 October 1990) is a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer, focusing on the speed events of downhill and super-G. She was a three-time junior world champion in three different disciplines, and was the world champion in down ...
won the first three downhills of the season and ended up carrying a 97-point lead into the finals, meaning that all she needed was either to finish in the top 15 herself or for rising Italian skier
Sofia Goggia
Sofia Goggia (; born 15 November 1992) is an Italian FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who competes in all disciplines and specialises in the speed events of downhill (ski competition), downhill and super-G.
Sh ...
, who was in second, not to win. As it turned out, Štuhec won the final herself, clinching the discipline title.
The season was interrupted by the
2017 World Ski Championships, which were held from 6–20 February in
St. Moritz
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, Switzerland. The
women's downhill was held on 12 February.
Standings
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*DNF = Did Not Finish
*DNS = Did Not Start
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See also
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2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
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2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
The women's overall in the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved 37 events in 5 disciplines: downhill (DH), Super-G (SG), giant slalom (GS), slalom (SL) hich included one city event and Alpine combined (AC) hich included one super-combined ...
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2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
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2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom
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2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom
The women's slalom in the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup involved 10 events, including one parallel slalom (a city event, which only allows for 16 competitors) and the season finale in Aspen, Colorado (USA).
Defending champion Mikaela Shiffr ...
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2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's combined
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:2017 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Women's downhill
Women's downhill
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill discipline titles