The women's downhill in the 2021 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of seven events. The original schedule had called for eight downhills, but (as discussed below) the World Cup finals race was canceled.
2018 discipline champion Sofia Goggia of Italy, who had struggled with injuries since then, held the lead through midseason, and after the second downhill at Crans Montana, she had opened up a 195-point lead over Breezy Johnson of the United States, with everyone else over 200 points behind. However, she then broke a bone in her knee on 31 January and missed the next two events, providing two Swiss skiers (defending discipline champion Corinne Suter of Switzerland and 2016 overall champion Lara Gut-Behrami) with the opportunity to pass her at the season final with a great finish.
The season was interrupted by the 2021 World Ski Championships, which were held from 8–21 February in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The women's downhill took place on 13 February 2021.
The final was scheduled for Wednesday, 17 March in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Tentatively, Goggia had planned to try to return for the finals, although her broken bone was still mending. However, three straight days of heavy snowfall, which prevented even a training run from being held, caused the downhill finals to be cancelled, and so Goggia won her second downhill crystal globe without needing to return (her first was in 2018).
Standings RankName Total Sofia Goggia 80100100100100DNSx4802 Corinne Suter 100804017326080x4103 Lara Gut-Behrami 3224321580100100x3834 Breezy Johnson 606060604545DNFx 3305 Kira Weidle 24452645155060x2656 Laura Pirovano 18144516503245x2207 Tamara Tippler 36118024142224x2118 Elena Curtoni 26163222602426x206 Ester Ledecká 40365080DNFDNSx 20610 Ramona Siebenhofer 64014408050x19411 Kajsa Vickhoff Lie 16501513DNF4540x17912 Petra Vlhová 502250362922x16413 Jasmine Flury 11121846181832x14714 Ilka Štuhec 50364004511x14515 Michelle Gisin 1229110262936x143161326DNFDNF243629x 12817 Priska Nufer 2020736181113x12518 Mirjam Puchner 922132132016x11319 Federica Brignone DNFDNS162929148x9620 Nadia Delago 42826201520x9521 Stephanie Venier22324DNF01615x8022 Jasmina Suter010374029x7123 Nina Ortlieb4518DNFDNSx6324 Ragnhild Mowinckel296005612x5825 Francesca Marsaglia10712DNF12106x57References
DNF = Did Not Finish DNS = Did Not Start
See also 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom 2021 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's parallel World Cup scoring system
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