Goetschl goes quickest in training

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LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland -- Austrian champion Renate Goetschl set the fastest time on Monday in training for the World Cup's final women's downhill race.

Having wrapped up the downhill and super-G titles already, Goetschl still has a slim chance in the overall cup which will be decided over the next week.

"I feel relaxed now, this course is nice and the weather is great so I'm aiming for two good races here this week," she said.

"I've had a great season so far and I achieved more than I thought so I don't worry too much about the general classification. It's already fun to battle with much younger racers and I'll do my best to give them a hard time as long as possible."

The 31-year-old Goetschl, who won the downhill here two years ago, cruised down the 2,553 meters of the challenging course in one minute 23.92, 0.40 seconds faster than Sweden's Anja Paerson.

American Julia Mancuso, who like Goetschl has hopes of winning the overall cup, was second, 0.52 seconds behind.

Austrian Nicole Hosp came in fourth, 1.20 seconds back, and her team-mate Marlies Schild was more than four seconds slower than Goetschl in 18th.

Schild leads the overall standings with 1,302 points, just 15 more than Hosp but neither woman is at their best in the speed events.

Either Mancuso, who is third on 1,251, or Goetschl (1,200) could take the lead with a good result in Wednesday's downhill.

The men have a training run on Tuesday on the Silvano Beltrametti course, named in honour of the Swiss downhill racer who was paralysed in a race crash in 2001.

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