The 1976 Innsbruck Olympic downhill produced perhaps the most famous ski race in history as the Austrian superstar Franz Klammer overcame immense national pressure, a start position last of the favorites, and a run that.
In the days after Jessie Diggins won an Olympic gold medal in 2018, her agent explained one of the perks of Winter Games fame. That hard-earned hardware wasn't just a historic achievement for American cross-country skiing. It doubled as a winning lottery ticket, ready to be cashed in for anything Diggins desired. Patrick Quinn tossed out some possibilities to his client. Maybe a trip to Disney .
Bassino was 0.03 faster than her teammate, while New Zealand’s Alice Robinson in third and Norway’s Thea Louise Stjernesund in fourth finished within two-tenths of a second of the lead. Mikaela Shiffrin sits out this weekend’s races to nurse a left knee injury and the American star could lose her lead in the overall World Cup standings to Lara Gut-Behrami. The Swiss skier won the previous GS and trails Shiffrin by 95 points.