Alpine skiing-Austria's Huetter denies Gut-Behrami a fourth World Cup globe

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - Saalbach, Austria - March 23, 2024 Austria's Cornelia Huetter celebrates on the podium with the crystal globe after winning the women's downhill overall REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

SAALBACH, Austria (Reuters) -Austria's Cornelia Huetter seized the women's downhill World Cup title in the final race of the season on home snow in Saalbach on Saturday, denying Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami a fourth crystal globe.

Behrami had already won the overall, giant slalom and super-G titles and was bidding to become only the fourth woman to take four globes in a season, a feat previously achieved by Americans Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn and Slovenia's Tina Maze.