Corinne Suter, of Switzerland, gestures after finishing the women’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in the Yanqing district of Beijing.
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Corinne Suter, of Switzerland, gestures after finishing the women’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in the Yanqing district of Beijing.

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<p>Corinne Suter, of Switzerland makes a turn during the women’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in the Yanqing district of Beijing.</p>
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Corinne Suter, of Switzerland makes a turn during the women’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in the Yanqing district of Beijing.

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<p>Sofia Goggia, of Italy, celebrates after finishing the women’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)</p>
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Sofia Goggia, of Italy, celebrates after finishing the women’s downhill at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

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BEIJING — The only skier to beat Sofia Goggia in a downhill over the last two seasons beat Sofia Goggia again on Tuesday to win the Olympic gold medal in the event at the Beijing Games.

Corinne Suter, a 27-year-old Swiss skier who injured both of her legs early in the season, edged Goggia by 0.16 seconds.

Goggia hurt her left knee about a month ago but still managed to take the lead by nearly half a second. She let out a lengthy roar after crossing the line and then kissed a television camera.

Goggia has dominated the downhill in recent seasons and would have been the favorite if not for getting injured during a super-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo less than a month ago. The 29-year-old Italian partially tore a ligament in her left knee and sustained a minor fracture in that leg, along with tendon damage.

Goggia had won the last eight World Cup downhills she finished, a streak that began in December 2020. But Suter won the last downhill race before the Olympics.

Suter is the first woman since Lindsey Vonn to hold the Olympic and world championship titles in downhill at the same time.

Nadia Delago of Italy finished 0.57 behind Suter for bronze. She was briefly in the lead and appeared to be sobbing in disbelief after she crossed the line. She then hugged her older sister Nicol, who had finished a short time earlier.

Mikaela Shiffrin, who did not finish her opening runs in either of her initial two events, finished in 18th place, 2.49 behind Suter.

The race was halted for about 15 minutes after Camille Cerutti crashed. The French skier lost control after a jump and slid a long way down the slope, loudly screaming the whole time. She was taken off the mountain on a sled.

An hour before the scheduled start of the race, the wind was whipping at about 15 mph (about 25 kph), with gusts topping 25 mph (40 kph) at the top of the hill. The start was was delayed for 30 minutes because of the wind.