As the sun rose over Switzerland this morning, the sky glistened a perfect shade of blue. The clear skies held throughout the race as did the solid snow conditions – a perfect mix of firm and grippy, the kind of snow racers dream about. It was a day made for super G.
Cornelia Huetter won the race with a time of 1:14.52, grabbing her first World Cup win ever – something that seemed inevitable given her consistent podium finishes in speed events this season.
“The last races were not so easy for me because my knee was not the best, but the last two days in training, it was a good feeling,” the Austrian said. “Today it was OK and it’s amazing. I don’t know what I should say because the whole season was great and now it’s the top and yeah, it’s unbelievable.”
Switzerland’s Fabienne Suter skied only a tenth of a second slower to finish in second place, handling the terrain in the course like a pro.
“I am happy to make finally also a podium in super G,” said the racer of her performance on home turf. “This season, I was not so good in this discipline, and I am very happy with the second place almost at home. That’s also a very nice feeling.”
Huetter’s teammate, Tamara Tippler, held on through a hair-raising finish to round out the podium, 0.35 seconds off of the winning pace. In the finish area, Tippler said she was excited to share the podium with her “best friend” and roommate.
Current overall points leader and crowd favorite, Lara Gut, was 0.58 seconds off of the winning pace, skiing into fifth. She sits 19 points behind American Lindsey Vonn in the super G standings and will have to finish in 13th place or better at World Cup finals in St. Moritz next week in order to overtake Vonn.
Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg, who currently sits third in the overall World Cup standings, does not plan to start in tomorrow’s alpine combined, effectively conceding the big globe to Gut. Instead of racing on Sunday, Rebensburg will rest up for next week’s races to close out the season with strong results.
Larisa Yurkiw of Canada was the top North American on the day, finishing in 21st – two spots ahead of American Laurenne Ross. The only other member of the U.S. Ski Team, Stacey Cook, just missed the top 30, landing in 31st. Notably absent from the start list was Mikaela Shiffrin, who originally planned to race, but instead opted for giant slalom training before the final races of the season.
Also missing was American Alice Mckennis, who recently found out that she broke her elbow in the alpine combined in Andorra.
“After more x-rays early this week which showed how badly broken my elbow was I had Dr. Viola put it back together with a plate and 12 screws!,” she announced on her Facebook page. “Surgery went well, and I am recovering well.”
The action continues tomorrow from Lenzerheide with the alpine combined at 10 a.m. CET.
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The Scoop
by Hank Mckee
- Huetter, Volkl/Lange/Marker
- Suter, Dynastar/Lange/Dynastar
- Tippler, Volkl/Tecnica/Marker
- Weirather, Atomic/Tecnica/Atomic
- Gut, Head/Head/Head
- Schnarf, Fischer/Fischer/Fischer
- Stuhec, Rossignol/Rossignol/Rossignol
- Goggia, Atomic/Atomic/Atomic
- Goergl, Head/Head/Head
- Marsaglia, Volkl/Tecnica/Marker
- Women’s World Cup super G, Lenzerheide, Switzerland, March 12, 2016. … It is the 35th of 41 races on the women’s calendar. … The seventh of eight super G’s. … It is the 43rd Cup race hosted by Lenzerheide. … The ninth super G. … Lara Gut is the defending champion.
- It is the first career World Cup win for Cornelia Huetter. And her seventh podium of the season. Winning margin is 0.10 of a second. … Top eight are within the same second. … Top 25 within two seconds.
- It is the 19th career World Cup podium for Fabienne Suter. … Her fourth of the season and first of the season in super G.
- It is the third career World Cup podium for Tamara Tippler, all of them this season and all in super G.
- It is the third best SG result of the season for Larisa Yurkiw, the fifth best of her career. … It is the 16th score of the season for Laurenne Ross.
- Lara Gut (fifth in race) extends her lead of the World Cup overall standings to 1302-1235 over the absent (injury) Lindsey Vonn. … Viktoria Rebensburg is third with 1007pts.
- Vonn (did not race – injured) maintains the lead of the Super G standings 420-401 over Gut with Huetter in third at 340. With one race remaining, all of them and fourth-ranked Tina Weirather (336) could win the title.
- Austria leads the women’s Nations Cup standings 4132-3825 over Italy. … Switzerland is third with 3416pts. … The U.S. is fourth at 2772 and Canada eighth with 1210pts.
Official Results
| Rank | Bib | FIS Code | Name | Year | Nation | Total Time | Diff. | FIS Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 56128 | HUETTER Cornelia | 1992 | AUT | 1:14.52 | 0.00 | |||
| 2 | 24 | 515766 | SUTER Fabienne | 1985 | SUI | 1:14.62 | +0.10 | 1.45 | ||
| 3 | 17 | 56088 | TIPPLER Tamara | 1991 | AUT | 1:14.87 | +0.35 | 5.07 | ||
| 4 | 20 | 355050 | WEIRATHER Tina | 1989 | LIE | 1:14.94 | +0.42 | 6.09 | ||
| 5 | 21 | 516138 | GUT Lara | 1991 | SUI | 1:15.10 | +0.58 | 8.41 | ||
| 6 | 10 | 296427 | SCHNARF Johanna | 1984 | ITA | 1:15.19 | +0.67 | 9.71 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 565360 | STUHEC Ilka | 1990 | SLO | 1:15.30 | +0.78 | 11.30 | ||
| 8 | 26 | 298323 | GOGGIA Sofia | 1992 | ITA | 1:15.50 | +0.98 | 14.20 | ||
| 9 | 13 | 55576 | GOERGL Elisabeth | 1981 | AUT | 1:15.57 | +1.05 | 15.22 | ||
| 10 | 14 | 297702 | MARSAGLIA Francesca | 1990 | ITA | 1:15.63 | +1.11 | 16.09 | ||
| 11 | 15 | 56177 | VENIER Stephanie | 1993 | AUT | 1:15.67 | +1.15 | 16.67 | ||
| 12 | 9 | 297910 | CURTONI Elena | 1991 | ITA | 1:15.68 | +1.16 | 16.81 | ||
| 13 | 18 | 297601 | BRIGNONE Federica | 1990 | ITA | 1:15.80 | +1.28 | 18.55 | ||
| 14 | 40 | 515997 | FEIERABEND Denise | 1989 | SUI | 1:15.99 | +1.47 | 21.30 | ||
| 14 | 5 | 197497 | MIRADOLI Romane | 1994 | FRA | 1:15.99 | +1.47 | 21.30 | ||
| 16 | 23 | 196928 | WORLEY Tessa | 1989 | FRA | 1:16.00 | +1.48 | 21.45 | ||
| 17 | 11 | 296729 | FANCHINI Nadia | 1986 | ITA | 1:16.01 | +1.49 | 21.59 | ||
| 18 | 19 | 205218 | REBENSBURG Viktoria | 1989 | GER | 1:16.05 | +1.53 | 22.17 | ||
| 19 | 35 | 56241 | SCHNEEBERGER Rosina | 1994 | AUT | 1:16.11 | +1.59 | 23.04 | ||
| 20 | 25 | 425929 | MOWINCKEL Ragnhild | 1992 | NOR | 1:16.14 | +1.62 | 23.48 | ||
| 21 | 7 | 106849 | YURKIW Larisa | 1988 | CAN | 1:16.34 | +1.82 | 26.38 | ||
| 22 | 12 | 505886 | KLING Kajsa | 1988 | SWE | 1:16.38 | +1.86 | 26.96 | ||
| 23 | 16 | 538573 | ROSS Laurenne | 1988 | USA | 1:16.40 | +1.88 | 27.25 | ||
| 24 | 32 | 516280 | HOLDENER Wendy | 1993 | SUI | 1:16.46 | +1.94 | 28.12 | ||
| 25 | 36 | 197124 | FRASSE SOMBET Coralie | 1991 | FRA | 1:16.47 | +1.95 | 28.26 | ||
| 26 | 27 | 296431 | STUFFER Verena | 1984 | ITA | 1:16.53 | +2.01 | 29.13 | ||
| 27 | 33 | 55759 | KIRCHGASSER Michaela | 1985 | AUT | 1:16.62 | +2.10 | 30.43 | ||
| 28 | 34 | 516185 | HAEHLEN Joana | 1992 | SUI | 1:16.65 | +2.13 | 30.87 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 56125 | PUCHNER Mirjam | 1992 | AUT | 1:16.66 | +2.14 | 31.01 | ||
| 30 | 28 | 516319 | SUTER Corinne | 1994 | SUI | 1:16.69 | +2.17 | 31.45 | ||
| 31 | 4 | 537582 | COOK Stacey | 1984 | USA | 1:16.75 | +2.23 | 32.32 | ||
| 32 | 29 | 296008 | MERIGHETTI Daniela | 1981 | ITA | 1:16.77 | +2.25 | 32.61 | ||
| 33 | 2 | 197295 | PIOT Jennifer | 1992 | FRA | 1:16.79 | +2.27 | 32.90 | ||
| 34 | 6 | 296472 | FANCHINI Elena | 1985 | ITA | 1:16.80 | +2.28 | 33.04 | ||
| 34 | 1 | 196968 | BAILET Margot | 1990 | FRA | 1:16.80 | +2.28 | 33.04 | ||
| 36 | 45 | 56198 | SCHEYER Christine | 1994 | AUT | 1:16.84 | +2.32 | 33.62 | ||
| 37 | 55 | 56174 | HAASER Ricarda | 1993 | AUT | 1:16.86 | +2.34 | 33.91 | ||
| 38 | 50 | 206520 | DORSCH Patrizia | 1994 | GER | 1:16.87 | +2.35 | 34.06 | ||
| 39 | 39 | 197641 | GAUCHE Laura | 1995 | FRA | 1:16.92 | +2.40 | 34.78 | ||
| 40 | 37 | 516344 | KOPP Rahel | 1994 | SUI | 1:17.12 | +2.60 | 37.68 | ||
| 41 | 44 | 56224 | MAIER Sabrina | 1994 | AUT | 1:17.20 | +2.68 | 38.84 | ||
| 42 | 41 | 565320 | FERK Marusa | 1988 | SLO | 1:17.31 | +2.79 | 40.43 | ||
| 43 | 47 | 196726 | BARTHET Anne-Sophie | 1988 | FRA | 1:17.44 | +2.92 | 42.32 | ||
| 44 | 51 | 197616 | ALPHAND Estelle | 1995 | FRA | 1:17.55 | +3.03 | 43.91 | ||
| 45 | 46 | 155763 | LEDECKA Ester | 1995 | CZE | 1:17.59 | +3.07 | 44.49 | ||
| 46 | 42 | 516284 | GISIN Michelle | 1993 | SUI | 1:17.67 | +3.15 | 45.65 | ||
| 47 | 43 | 197665 | LARROUY Noemie | 1995 | FRA | 1:17.80 | +3.28 | 47.54 | ||
| 48 | 30 | 56087 | SIEBENHOFER Ramona | 1991 | AUT | 1:17.95 | +3.43 | 49.71 | ||
| 49 | 38 | 197615 | BESSY Anouk | 1995 | FRA | 1:17.98 | +3.46 | 50.14 | ||
| 50 | 54 | 245066 | MIKLOS Edit | 1988 | HUN | 1:18.02 | +3.50 | 50.72 | ||
| 51 | 49 | 375018 | COLETTI Alexandra | 1983 | MON | 1:18.37 | +3.85 | 55.80 | ||
| 52 | 56 | 155699 | PAULATHOVA Katerina | 1993 | CZE | 1:18.64 | +4.12 | 59.71 | ||
| 53 | 59 | 35089 | SIMARI BIRKNER Macarena | 1984 | ARG | 1:19.91 | +5.39 | 78.12 | ||
| 54 | 52 | 385096 | POPOVIC Leona | 1997 | CRO | 1:20.07 | +5.55 | 80.43 | ||
| 55 | 53 | 106961 | MIELZYNSKI Erin | 1990 | CAN | 1:21.37 | +6.85 | 99.28 | ||
| Did not start 1st run | ||||||||||
| 58 | 705394 | KANTOROVA Barbara | 1992 | SVK | ||||||
| 57 | 315187 | IGNJATOVIC Nevena | 1990 | SRB | ||||||
| Did not finish 1st run | ||||||||||
| 48 | 565333 | BRODNIK Vanja | 1989 | SLO | ||||||
| 31 | 105269 | GAGNON Marie-Michele | 1989 | CAN | ||||||
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