ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021 SPORTS 14 Kitzbühel downhill moved to Sunday because of rain, snowfall Goggia wins 4th straight WC downhill to match Vonn CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Johnson was fifth, 0.89 behind Goggia is one of the sport’s most net lining the course. She was twisted Jan 23, (AP): Olympic champion Sofia Goggia, giving the United States its flamboyant skiers and personalities around for about 20 meters (yards) Goggia is dominating the World Cup most consistent threat in downhill though her reaction to an impressive before coming to a stop. downhill season like no woman since since Vonn’s stellar career ended two run Saturday was quiet satisfaction in The double Olympic champion in ski great Lindsey Vonn. years ago. the finish area. Alpine skiing and snowboarding later Goggia won her fourth straight Vonn’s best streak in World Cup She blew kisses to the camera and skied down to the finish with her face downhill on Saturday to tie a World downhill was six straight wins in raised both arms in the air with just a bloodied. Cup streak by Vonn in 2018. They are 2009-10, according to the ski-db.com little smile. Goggia’s 11th career The race surface was faster than on the only women to achieve the feat in database. That matched her childhood Friday when bright sunshine bathed the last 25 years. idol Picabo Street’s run in 1995. World Cup win was her eighth in the south-facing Mont Lachaux slope. “I don’t challenge anyone,” Goggia Vonn won four straight World Cup downhill. Cloud cover and minus-5 Celsius (23 said when asked if she was chasing downhills from January to March Fahrenheit) temperature made condi- Vonn’s record. “The challenge is 2018. They were the last of Vonn’s 82 SKIING tions challenging, though the strong every day with myself.” career World Cup victories, more than winds of one day earlier eased. The Italian star finished 0.27 sec- any other woman on the circuit that Meanwhile the second men’s World onds faster than Lara Gut-Behrami as began in 1967. Runner-up to Goggia on Friday, Cup downhill on the Streif course was both thrived on icy snow slicker than During Vonn’s winning run, Goggia Ester Ledecka was on course for a pushed back a day after rain and snow- in Friday’s race at Crans-Montana also was runner-up three times and also fast time when her run was ended by fall canceled the storied race on won by Goggia. topped the season-long downhill a nasty-looking crash that sent her Saturday. Goggia’s teammate Elena Curtoni standings. Goggia also won the spinning down the hill in the safety The downhill was rescheduled for was third, 0.60 back, ending Breezy Pyeongchang Olympics downhill in net. Sunday morning, and a super-G ini- Italy’s Sofia Goggia speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women’s Johnson’s streak of four third-place February 2018 when Vonn took Ledecka went fast and wide at a tially planned for that time slot was World Cup downhill, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, finishes in downhill. bronze in South Korea. left-hand turn and was caught in the postponed to Monday morning. Jan 23. (AP) NHL Results/Standings WASHINGTON, Jan 23, (AP): NHL results and standings on Friday. Stars pound Predators Toronto 4 Edmonton 2 Minnesota 4 San Jose 1 Pittsburgh 4 NY Rangers SO 3 Dallas 7 Nashville 0 Washington 4 Buffalo SO 3 Arizona 5 Vegas 2 Chicago 4 Detroit 1 Colorado 3 Anaheim OT 2 Coyotes bounce back East Division West Division P W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 5 3 0 2 8 19 17 Vegas 5 4 1 0 8 18 12 Philadelphia 5 3 1 1 7 19 16 Minnesota 5 4 1 0 8 15 10 DALLAS, Jan 23, (AP): Sabres. Linus Ullmark made 29 saves. NY Islanders 4 3 1 0 6 9 6 Colorado 5 3 2 0 6 17 12 Avalanche 3, Ducks 2, OT Pittsburgh 5 3 2 0 6 18 21 St Louis 4 2 1 1 5 10 15 Joe Pavelski had two goals New Jersey 4 2 1 1 5 9 11 Arizona 5 2 2 1 5 17 18 and two assists and In Anaheim, California, Gabriel Boston 4 2 1 1 5 9 9 Los Angeles 4 1 1 2 4 12 13 NY Rangers 4 1 2 1 3 11 12 Anaheim 5 1 2 2 4 8 13 Landeskog scored 1:38 into overtime, Buffalo 5 1 3 1 3 14 16 Alexander Radulov also San Jose 5 2 3 0 4 14 18 Mikko Rantanen extended his goal- Central Division North Division scored twice, helping Dallas scoring streak to four games, and the P W L OT Pts GF GA beat the Nashville Avalanche topped the Ducks. Tampa Bay 3 3 0 0 6 13 5 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Landeskog was initially stopped by Florida 2 2 0 0 4 10 6 Montreal 5 3 0 2 8 24 16 Predators 7-0 on Friday Anaheim goalie John Gibson on a Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 Toronto 6 4 2 0 8 19 17 Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 10 14 Winnipeg 4 3 1 0 6 13 10 night in the Stars’ delayed breakaway, but he got his own rebound Detroit 5 2 3 0 4 10 14 Calgary 3 2 0 1 5 11 6 season opener. and converted a wraparound for his Columbus 5 1 2 2 4 10 16 Edmonton 6 2 4 0 4 15 20 third goal of the season. Chicago 5 1 3 1 3 13 21 Vancouver 6 2 4 0 4 18 28 The Stars unveiled their Western Dallas 1 1 0 0 2 7 0 Ottawa 4 1 2 1 3 11 14 Conference championship banner, Joonas Donskoi also scored for Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. and then rolled past the Predators. Colorado and Phillip Grubauer stopped The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this season’s 36 shots. temporary realignment. Anton Khudobin stopped 34 shots in his first season-opening start, Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 1 and Joel Kiviranta had a goal and In Chicago, Patrick Kane had a goal an assist. and an assist, and the Blackhawks Five of Dallas’ goals came in the earned their first win of the season. Root helps England recovery second period, including three power- Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard (49) works with the puck Andrew Shaw, Calvin de Haan and play goals and an unassisted short- next to Anaheim Ducks forward Maxime Comtois (53) during the second Mattias Janmark also scored for handed wrist shot by Esa Lindell. period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif, Jan 22. (AP) Chicago in its home opener after against Sri Lanka in 2nd Test beginning the season with a four-game The Stars were the last NHL team to GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jan 23, (AP): shout with the batsman on 39. open the season after their first four trip. Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat each had two assists. Joe Root reached an unbeaten 67 Earlier, Sri Lanka did well to games, all scheduled on the road, were to put England back on course post 381 runs having batted for postponed because 17 players tested Kevin Lankinen, a 25-year-old rookie signed by Chicago as a free after they lost their openers cheap- five sessions. positive for COVID-19 during the ly in the second Test against Sri They lost centurion Angelo abbreviated training camp. agent in 2018, stopped 30 shots in picking up his first NHL victory in his Lanka on Saturday. Mathews (110) and debutant second straight start. England finished on 98 for two Ramesh Mendis (0) in the first 15 ICE HOCKEY at stumps on day two, still 283 minutes of the morning. But a Wild 4, Sharks 1 runs behind Sri Lanka. determined Niroshan Dickwella In St Paul, Minnesota, Zach Parise Lasith Embuldeniya, who took scored a career-best 92 to help Sri scored his first goal of the season to Nashville played for the first time the new ball from the City End, Lanka recover. break a second-period tie, sending accounted for both openers. Root Dickwella had been under pres- since Monday, a day before its second Minnesota to the victory. of back-to-back games against joined sure coming into this game after a Joel Eriksson Ek had an early goal for Yorkshire Carolina was postponed because of the Wild against former teammate virus issues for the Hurricanes. team-mate Devan Dubnyk, who made 25 saves for Jonny CRICKET Coyotes 5, Golden Knights 2 the Sharks on the Minnesota ice he Bairstow with In Glendale, Arizona, Conor called home for the previous six years. the side in Garland had a goal and an assist, Kevin Fiala and Jordan Greenway added trouble at five string of low scores, but this effort Darcy Kuemper stopped 29 shots and empty-netters for the Wild (4-1-0) in for two and should silence his critics. Arizona handed Vegas its their first Arizona Coyotes center Drake Caggiula (91) passes the puck in front of their home opener, maintaining momen- counterat- Dickwella was involved in an loss of the season. Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb (3) during the first tum from their strong start on the road.