ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Dec 14 : Alice Robinson became the first Alpine skier from New Zealand to win a World Cup Super-G when she triumphed in the first of the season in St. Moritz on Sunday.

The giant slalom World Cup leader celebrated her seventh career victory after starting sixth on the Swiss resort's Corviglia piste and finishing in one minute 14.84 seconds.

France's Romane Miradoli was second, 0.08 slower, with Italy's Sofia Goggia third and 0.19 off the pace.

American Lindsey Vonn, who at 41 became the oldest World Cup winner on Friday and was second in another downhill on Saturday, just missed out on a podium hat-trick in fourth with a time 0.08 slower than Goggia.

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