Super G vrouwen Cortina

Julia Mancuso tamed a patchy piste to win the shortened women's super G at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Friday. The in-form American all rounder beat Austrian pair Nicola Hosp and Renate Goetschl in the event, which was reduced to just one run owing to heavy rainfall.

Mancuso's dream year continues with this latest victory, her third in the last month. It is hard to believe that the 22-year-old Olympic slalom champion had never won a World Cup race before the start of the season, such has been her phenomenal form of late.

The first of the race's favourites to start, Mancuso blitzed into the lead on the Olympia delle Tofane course with an imperious time of 1'16"25.

Hosp, one of the race favourites, skied confidently but could only snatch second, "33 in arrears.

Fellow Austrian Goetschl, who had a winning streak in Cortina stretching back for five years, posted the third best time, at "34.

Goetschl, who won the first two Super G races this season, will hope to keep her Cortina run going with a win in Saturday's downhill.

Another Austrian, overall World Cup standings leader Marlies Schild, failed to make an impression after inexplicably missing a gate on the middle section of the course.

Mancuso's US team-mate Lindsey Kildow and Austrian Andrea Fischbacher tied for fourth place, "39 down behind the winner.

The start of the event was delayed by three and a half hours due to heavy rain in the Italian resort.

Race organisers used chemicals to firm up the piste which had been much deteriorated by the adverse weather conditions.

Bron : eurosport.com