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The city of St. is located in the northeastern part of the United States Goggia gave a thumbs up after winning the fourth women's World Cup downhill of the season.

She barely moved her left hand.

A day after breaking two fingers when she hit a gate on the same Corviglia course, Goggia won the race.

The two-time Olympic downhill medal winner went to Milan to have an operation. The Italian ski team said a metal rod and screws were put inside her hand to hold it together.

Goggia went back to the Swiss resort for the second downhill.

One day after having a metal rod and screws surgically placed inside her left hand to stabilize it after breaking two fingers, Italy's Sofia Goggia had her glove duct taped to her ski pole and won a World Cup downhill race in St. Moritz, Switzerland. AP Photo/Marco Trovati

With her left hand bandaged and the glove attached to her ski pole with yellow duct tape, Goggia was the ninth starter.

There was no girl who was as happy as I was at the start gate. Goggia said the Italian team considered not putting her on the start list for Saturday's race because it was not certain that she could be at the start.

I asked if he was crazy. Do you think you're crazy? Goggia said he doesn't give up.

Racing under blue skies and sunshine, Goggia charged down the 2.5 kilometer course in her usual gutsy style, not holding back in bumpy turns and jumping higher and further than her competitors.

She waved and blew kisses to the spectators as she crossed the finish line in first place.

She earned her first podium in almost four years. This course was where the world downhill title was won by the Slovenia.

The winner of Friday's race finished in eighth.

Goggia's third win of the season was briefly challenged by Shiffrin.

The overall World Cup leader was a few hundredths quicker than Goggia in the first two sections, but Shiffrin took fewer risks than the Italian in the rest of her run and finished in fourth.

Three Austrian racers were followed by Shiffrin.

The overall leader is Shiffrin with 475 points, followed by Goggia and Wendy Holdener. The Swiss skier didn't score a point in the World Cup.

Shiffrin moved up two positions when she finished behind Johnson. Johnson finished outside the top 20 on Saturday after coming close to Goggia.