Austria's Huetter wins first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey course

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Lindsey Vonn on Birds of Prey World Cup: ‘Biggest crowd I’ve ever seen for a forerunner in my life’

Lindsey Vonn would have rather competed at the Birds of Prey World Cup — the first women’s downhill on the legendary Beaver Creek course. But forerunning Saturday’s event ended up being pretty special, too. “I...

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Austria's Huetter wins first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey course

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Cornelia Huetter of Austria navigated the tricky and steep terrain Saturday to win the first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on the Birds of Prey course.

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Lauren Macuga finishes fourth in first Beaver Creek women's downhill

Parkite Lauren Macuga made history Saturday, finishing fourth in the first-ever Beaver Creek women’s downhill World Cup race. Macuga soared through the finishing gates with a time of 1:32.90, 52 tenths of a second off the winner Cornelia Huetter of Austria. The downhill race was the first of the women’s speed World Cup season. Beaver Creek is also hosting a super-G race tomorrow, where Macuga looks to be a top contender again. The other podium f…

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Discipline World Cup winner Cornelia Hütter has struck again at the start of the new alpine downhill skiing season. "I did it by racing, certainly not by skiing well," the Styrian cheered on Saturday after her triumph in Beaver Creek. "I thought I had to pull myself together more in the race, because nobody cares what happened in training," Hütter told ORF. "The equipment (skis, note) went. I had to make sure I kept up." It was Hütter's seventh …

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Cornelia Huetter of Austria wins first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey course - Seymour Tribune

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Cornelia Huetter of Austria navigated the tricky and steep terrain Saturday to win the first-ever women’s World Cup downhill held on the Birds of Prey course. Huetter finished in 1 minute, 32.38 seconds to hold off Italian ski racer Sofia Goggia by 0.16 seconds. Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland wound up […]

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Winner of the crystal globe in the discipline last season, the 32-year-old Austrian won the first downhill of the season on Saturday in the United States.