Federica Brignone has won an eventful women's World Cup super-G as the Italian skier capped a three-race weekend that extended her lead in the overall standings.
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In a tight finish on Sunday, Brignone was 0.06 seconds faster than defending overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami.
Meanwhile, in the men's World Cup, Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen made it two victories in 24 hours when he roared from sixth to first in a slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
"When I came down, I said 'no, no, no.' I had too many mistakes. I thought it was possible to be better than me," Brignone said after her win.
"It was very difficult. I had not a good feeling, I had not a perfect run. But no-one had. I tried a lot and risked a lot."
Brignone also finished ahead of her Swiss rival by placing fifth and fourth, respectively, in two downhills earlier in the weekend.
"This is like the cherry on the cake. It's been an amazing weekend. Today I'm a bit lucky with the hundredths," Brignone said.
Gut-Behrami seemed on course for victory but the Swiss star came wide in a turn and skied through soft snow halfway down her run. Gut-Behrami dropped six-tenths behind Brignone's split time but almost made up the deficit with a strong finish.
"It happens all the time this season. I'm skiing well but keep making those mistakes," Gut-Behrami said.
Brignone's teammate Sofia Goggia was 0.09 behind in third and Alice Robinson of New Zealand trailed by 0.22 in fourth.
Lindsey Vonn finished 1.11 seconds off the lead in 16th after what started as a promising run.
Brignone's 35th career World Cup win helped the Italian extend her lead over Gut-Behrami in the overall standings to 251 points with seven races left. A race win is worth 100 points.
However, the Swiss star remained top of the super-G standings, 55 points clear of Brignone.
In Kranjska Gora, Kristoffersen got his second season win in the discipline and a 33rd overall in the World Cup, the day after also winning the giant slalom.
He prevailed by 0.17sec over compatriot Timon Haugan, while Austria's Manuel Feller was third with a deficit of 0.23.
World champion Loic Meillard of Switzerland held the first-run lead but faded to fourth, missing the podium by one-hundredths of a second.
Kristoffersen moved 77 points clear of French four-time season winner Clement Noel at the top of the slalom standings, as Noel finished 10th on the day.
In the overall list, Kristoffersen made up 140 points on leader Marco Odermatt in the two Kranjska Gora races but three-time reigning champion Odermatt is still 360 points ahead
With DPA
Australian Associated Press
