Switzerland's Lara Gut sticks her tongue out as she gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday Jan. 21, 2018.
Switzerland's Lara Gut sticks her tongue out as she gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday Jan. 21, 2018. Alessandro Trovati AP Photo
Switzerland's Lara Gut sticks her tongue out as she gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday Jan. 21, 2018. Alessandro Trovati AP Photo

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Back in form after knee surgery, Gut wins Cortina super-G

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer

January 21, 2018 07:57 AM

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy

Lara Gut won the final World Cup super-G before the Olympics on Sunday, signaling a return to form after knee surgery last season.

It was the Swiss skier's first victory since winning the downhill in Cortina almost a year ago.

In a race on a shortened course that was shaped by strong winds, overcast conditions and overnight snowfall, Gut clocked 1 minute, 14.78 seconds for a 0.14-second advantage over Johanna Schnarf of Italy.

Nicole Schmidhofer of Austria finished third, 0.27 behind.

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Lindsey Vonn, the record holder in Cortina with 12 wins, was slowed by a strong gust of wind and finished sixth, 0.37 back.

Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin missed a gate midway through her run and Italian favorite Sofia Goggia hit a gate and also did not finish.

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