Goggia pips Vonn in Cortina World Cup downhill

Italy's Sofia Goggia snatched her second straight Women's World Cup downhill on home snow at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Friday as an error left favourite Lindsey Vonn in second. Goggia followed her downhill win at Bad Kleinkirchheim in Austria last week winning in 1min 36.45sec, a margin of 0.47sec ahead of Vonn. "It's a dream come true," said the 25-year-old after her fourth World Cup win and first in Italy which comes weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. "Lindsey made a mistake, but if she hadn't she would probably have won by a large margin. "After my performance I wasn't that happy." Vonn, with 11 wins in Cortina and the best time in both training runs this week, had been 0.14sec ahead of the Italian on the top half of the Olympia delle Tofane course. But the 33-year-old American hit a bump and almost went into the netting, before recovering to finish on the podium. "I still got second place which is outstanding," said Vonn. "Hopefully I won't get caught in a bump again tomorrow. It's always nice to have a second chance." Friday's race was originally scheduled for Val d'Isere, France last month but was moved because of poor weather conditions. The second downhill takes place on Saturday with the super-G on Sunday on the slopes in the Italian Dolomites. Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin, competing for the first time in the downhill in Cortina, was third, 0.84sec behind the winner. "Experience is a huge advantage. My goal for tomorrow is to take the aggression I have today and see if I can use it," said Shiffrin, who moved up from 13th in the first training run to fifth in the second and finally the podium. "I know that I can learn fast. I came here this weekend knowing that it's important for me to have confidence going to South Korea." The 22-year-old has won nine of her last 10 races, including five in succession in the World Cup. - Mancuso bows out - Four-time Olympic medallist Julia Mancuso announced her retirement as the American bid farewell by wearing a Wonder Woman outfit during her final run. In the finish area, teammates held Mancuso aloft and sprayed the 2006 Olympic giant slalom winner with champagne. "I felt the crazier that I would dress the less emotional it would be," said a tearful Mancuso. "I'm really happy that I got to create another really special moment in Cortina." The 33-year-old has battled a degenerative hip problem and failed to qualify for a fifth Winter Olympics. "I always had it in my mind that this would be where I could qualify for the Olympic team, but it's disappointing that my body and hip injury could not keep up with my brain." Mancuso retires at the venue of her first World Cup podium -- a second place in the super-G in Cortina in 2006. The skier from Nevada hasn't won a race since February 2012 with her last podium a third place in the World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Canada in 2014.