Goggia claims first super-G title after victory in Kvitfjell

Italian skier Sofia Goggia won the final super-G of the season at Kvitfjell on Sunday to collect her first crystal globe in the discipline while Emma Aicher moved even closer to Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall standings.

Goggia, who already has four downhill crystal globes under her belt, was eighth out of the start hut and careened down the mountain to claim her 10th super-G victory and her 29th in total.

It was the 33-year-old's third super-G win of the season, with her form in the discipline backed up by two other podiums and top-10 finishes in all eight races.

"If you want to be a complete speed skier, you have to get both the globes in downhill and super-G, and today I finally did it and I can say I'm a little bit more complete," said Goggia.

"I had a really good consistency this year in super-G, so I think this cup is super well deserved."

Goggia finished 0.32sec ahead of Swiss racer Corinne Suter with the German Kira Weidle-Winkelmann completing the podium.

New Zealander Alice Robinson, the sole skier with an outside chance of overhauling Goggia, could only finish 16th, out of the points.

However, it still meant she concluded an excellent season by finishing second in the super-G standings, 163 points behind the Italian.

"It's definitely been a big step from 17th last year to second this year," said Robinson.

"For sure I've still got some areas I still need to work on to be a fully rounded super-G skier. There's a lot to be proud of but still a lot to do."

It made for an impressive weekend for the Italian women after Laura Pirovano claimed the women's downhill World Cup title on Saturday.

- Aicher 'focus' -
In the overall standings, Aicher, who finished fourth, moved to within 45 points of Shiffrin in the overall standings after the American failed to chalk up any points as she finished 22nd.

The 22-year-old German might have closed the gap even further but missed out on a podium finish and another 10pts as she came in 0.001sec behind compatriot Weidle-Winkelmann.

The race for the overall title will go down to the final showdowns in Tuesday’s giant slalom and Wednesday’s slalom.

"I try to not think about it," said Aicher. "I'm going to focus on my skiing and we'll see what happens."

Further back, Ilka Stuhec, wearing bib three, ended her run in a champagne shower to mark her 252nd and final World Cup start.

The 35-year-old Slovenian, who finished 18th on Sunday, made her World Cup debut in 2007 and went on to claim 11 victories and two crystal globes, taking the downhill and combined title in 2017.

The same year she also won downhill gold at the world championships, repeating that success in 2019.

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Middle East war at 'perilous stage' with strikes around nuclear sites: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland22/03/2026 - 16:58 (UTC + 5)

wariranusisraelnuclearhealthwhoThe Middle East war has reached a "perilous stage" with strikes around nuclear sites in Iran and Israel, the World Health Organization warned Sunday, as it called for maximum restraint.

An Iranian ballistic missile ripped open residential buildings and left dozens wounded late Saturday in the southern Israeli town of Dimona.

Dimona hosts what is widely believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, although Israel has never admitted to possessing nuclear weapons, insisting the site is for research.

Iran said the strike was in response to an earlier attack on its nuclear site at Natanz, which hosts underground centrifuges used to enrich uranium for Iran's disputed nuclear programme, and was damaged in the June 2025 war.

"The war in the Middle East has reached a perilous stage" with the strikes on Natanz and Dimona, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.

"Attacks targeting nuclear sites create an escalating threat to public health and environmental safety," he said.

"I urgently call on all parties to exercise maximum military restraint and avoid any actions that could trigger nuclear incidents. Leaders must prioritise de-escalation and protect civilians."

Tedros said the International Atomic Energy Agency was looking into the strikes, and "no indications of abnormal or increased off-site radiation levels have been reported".

The war erupted on February 28 when the United States and Israel began their attacks on Iran, with Tehran in turn striking targets in Israel and Gulf nations.

Lebanon was drawn into the conflict when Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel.

Since the war began, the WHO has provided training to its own staff and to other United Nations personnel across 13 countries to help them respond to public health threats in the event of a nuclear incident, said Tedros.