Australia may not have an Alpine ski racer of its own to challenge for Winter Olympic gold next year -- but in Sydney-born Alice Robinson, who's now flying the flag brilliantly for New Zealand, it still has a special athlete to cheer.
The 24-year-old became the first Alpine skier from New Zealand ever to win a World Cup Super-G race on Sunday when she triumphed in St Moritz -- the seventh global victory of her burgeoning career.
After starting sixth on the Swiss resort's Corviglia piste, Robinson sped down the course in one minute 14.84 seconds, to beat France's Romane Miradoli by 0.08sec and Italian former Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia by 0.19sec.
