The women's downhill in the
2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events. The original schedule had called for eight downhills, but (as discussed below) the World Cup finals race was canceled.
2018 discipline champion
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.
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of Italy, who had struggled with injuries since then, held the lead through midseason, and after the second downhill at
Crans Montana
Crans-Montana is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 the former municipalities of Chermignon, Mollens, Montana and Randogne merged to form the new municipality of Crans-Montana.
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, she had opened up a 195-point lead over
Breezy Johnson of the United States, with everyone else over 200 points behind. However, she then broke a bone in her knee on 31 January and missed the next two events, providing two Swiss skiers (defending discipline champion
Corinne Suter of Switzerland and 2016 overall champion
Lara Gut-Behrami) with the opportunity to pass her at the season final with a great finish.
The season was interrupted by the
2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo (; , ; historical ) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomites, Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the ...
, Italy. The
women's downhill took place on 13 February 2021.
The final was scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March in
Lenzerheide
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,
Switzerland
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. Tentatively, Goggia had planned to try to return for the finals, although her broken bone was still mending. However, three straight days of heavy snowfall, which prevented even a training run from being held, caused the downhill finals to be cancelled, and so Goggia won her second downhill crystal globe without needing to return (her first was in 2018).
Standings
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*DNF = Did Not Finish
*DNS = Did Not Start
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See also
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom
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2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's parallel
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World Cup scoring system
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup - Women's downhill
Women's downhill
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's downhill discipline titles