Corinne Suter ends 32-year Swiss wait for women’s downhill gold

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Corinne Suter ends 32-year Swiss wait for women's downhill gold

  • Suter wins women’s downhill to continue bright Swiss start
  • Germany’s Weidle a surprise silver, bronze for Gut-Behrami
  • America’s top hope Breezy Johnson finishes ninth after error

Corinne Suter continued Switzerland’s golden start to the alpine skiing world championships on Saturday by winning her country’s first women’s downhill title in 32 years.

A silver medallist two years ago and also in Thursday’s super-G, won by team-mate Lara Gut-Behrami, Suter started seventh and made no mistakes as she powered down Cortina’s glistening Olympia delle Tofane piste, where the 2026 Winter Olympics will be staged.

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