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CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Italian skier Marta Bassino used all her technical skills to dominate a women’s World Cup downhill Saturday and claim her first win in the sport’s fastest discipline. Bassino, who is a giant slalom specialist and won the super-G world title last year, gained time on all her competitors in the twisting opening and final sections of …

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Fresh from overtaking the absent Mikaela Shiffrin in the women’s World Cup overall standings, Lara Gut-Behrami won a shortened downhill on Friday to close in on the injured Sofia Goggia in the discipline standings. Gut-Behrami, who is on a four-race winning streak, was 0.21 seconds faster than Swiss teammate Jasmine Flury on the Mont Lachaux course …