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| - Italian Federica Brignone claimed the women's World Cup combined title after heavy snowfalls forced the cancellation of Sunday's race at La Thuile, the International Ski Federation said. The event was the third and final combined of the season and will not be raced at a later date, the federation added, leaving the Italian skier atop the final season rankings for the discipline following her victories in the two previous races. Brignone has won the combined title for the past two seasons and also leads the overall World Cup standings by 153 points from American Mikaela Shiffrin, the three-time champion who has been away from competition since the sudden death of her father in early February. Only seven women's World Cup races remain this season with the scrapping of Sunday's combined and the cancellation of next weeks events in Ofterschwang, Germany. A parallel slalom, giant slalom, and slalom are scheduled for Are in Sweden from May 12 while Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, is to host a downhill, super-G, slalom, and giant slalom from May 16. stt/cw/jv
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