Swiss skier takes lead at World Cup

Coming off a performance that included two golds and three medals overall at the skiing world championships, Lara Gut-Behrami now has another title — overall World Cup leader.

The Swiss skier won a downhill Friday at Moena, Italy, when the regular circuit resumed, moving her ahead of Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova in the standings.

Gut-Behrami finished a slim 0.02 seconds ahead of Ramona Siebenhofer on the sun-drenched Val di Fassa course.

Recently crowned world champion Corinne Suter finished third, 0.26 behind, to gain precious points in her pursuit of downhill standings leader Sofia Goggia, who is out injured.

Vlhova finished ninth and now trails Gut-Behrami by 29 points in the overall standings, which she had led since November.