Slovenia's Stuhec Storms World Cup Downhill

Zeeshan Mehtab Published December 18, 2018 | 09:12 PM

Ilka Stuhec produced a pulsating run to clinch victory in the women's World Cup downhill race here on Tuesday ahead of Italy's Nicol Delago and the Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer.

Val Gardena, Italy, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Dec, 2018 ) :Ilka Stuhec produced a pulsating run to clinch victory in the women's World Cup downhill race here on Tuesday ahead of Italy's Nicol Delago and the Austrian Ramona Siebenhofer.

In fast skiing conditions under bright blue skies Stuhec, the reigning world downhill champion, flew over the feared camel hump half way down the Saslong slope at 112km an hour to finish in 1min 22.81sec, 0.14sec ahead of Delago and 0.51sec faster than 3rd placed Siebenhofer.

Michelle Gisin, whose brother Marc was hospitalised after a high speed fall on the same slopes in the men's downhill on Saturday, finished outside the top ten over 1.5sec off Stuhec's pace despite coming second in the last downhill.