Gut-Behrami was second in Kvitfjell on Sunday, 0.61 seconds behind Brignone -- who is third in the discipline standings and cut the gap to 74 points.

But Gut-Behrami's nearest challenger, Cornelia Huetter, could only finish seventh and slipped 69 points behind the Swiss skier, with one super-G race left.

"I'm happy about the way I skied," said Gut-Behrami, who also won Saturday's super-G.

"Also in these conditions where it's soft, I'm not usually the best skier in those conditions."

Brignone also leapfrogged the absent Mikaela Shiffrin into second in the overall standings, 326 points behind Gut-Behrami, who is increasingly looking likely to take skiing's biggest World Cup prize.

It was a 25th World Cup win for Brignone, making her the most successful Italian female skier and moving her second overall, behind only Alberto Tomba who won 50 races.

"For sure not that bad numbers," the 33-year-old said. "I'm really proud about my career and my entire life."

The start of Sunday's race had to be delayed for several minutes because of fog and was also halted four times due to the poor visibility. It was stopped for a fifth time and brought to an early end, with seven skiers still to race.

"For sure it's a weird race, it was a hard day for all the girls," Brignone said.

Shiffrin, who is now 385 points behind Gut-Behrami, is due to return next Saturday in Are, Sweden for a giant slalom and slalom.

The American, who was hurt in a January crash at Cortina, has a maximum six races left this season to chase a record-tying sixth career overall title.

Australian Associated Press