Stuhec wins super-G to close in on Shiffrin as Vonn crashes

CRANS MONTANA, SWITZERLAND >> Suddenly the overall title is not looking so certain for Mikaela Shiffrin after Ilka Stuhec won a super-G race on Saturday.

There was also a worrying crash for Lindsey Vonn on a disappointing day for American skiers.

Entering this weekend’s races in Crans Montana, Shiffrin held more than a 400-point lead in the standings over her next active challenger, Sofia Goggia of Italy.

However, Stuhec was second in Friday’s Alpine combined to leapfrog Goggia. The Slovenian went one better on Saturday to cut Shiffrin’s lead to 258 points.

Vonn pulled out of the Alpine combined race on Sunday, completing a miserable weekend. She crashed in the superG on Saturday, although after an anxious wait she was able to ski down the course.

In posts on social media that night she said she had food poisoning. On Saturday she wrote on Twitter: “Unfortunately after getting food poisoning and crashing today I don’t feel healthy enough to safely race tomorrow so I will not be starting.”