Cornelia Huetter, Sofia Goggia, and Lara Gut-Behrami GEPA Photos

Goggia the Magnificent owned the season’s first women’s World Cup super-G. Skiing with bib seven, she was the first megastar to ski the Corviglia course and although Austria’s Cornelia Huetter had produced a superb run, Goggia’s was (+0.95) faster. She is known to provide excitement and today, she delivered. Goggia has shown World Class GS skiing this season and it is translating to amazing super-G. Skiing on the edge of control is required to win, and Goggia did not disappoint. Her last World Cup super-G victory was achieved in December 2021 in Val d’lsere, France. This is her sixth career World Cup super-G win.

“I am a bit surprised,” Goggia said of her big lead, which held up when her biggest rivals raced after her. “I was a little bit at the limit because I couldn’t see so well with this kind of visibility.”

Three-time World Cup winner Huetter, bib six, was one starting position ahead of Goggia. She finished with a (+0.63) advantage and her skiing looked strong enough for a victory. However, when the queen of speed, Goggia, is on her game, she can make her competition look average. Huetter finished the day happily on the second step of the podium. Home country favorite and winner of the first two giant slaloms of the season, Lara Gut-Behrami, gave the Swiss fans something to cheer about with a fast run through the first two sections but then faded to finish third (+1.02)

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Shiffrin

Mikaela Shiffrin won last year’s St Moritz super-G edition, but today, compared to Goggia, she seemed to struggle with her left foot turns. With a ski that was not carving as smoothly as usual, she lost time to Goggia in the bottom three sectors of the course. However, Shiffrin’s less-than-best is still amazing and skiing with bib 11, she crossed in third place and ended the day 4th (+1.08).

Shiffrin reflected on the performance after the race, “I am happy with it. I planned to take a really aggressive approach and I did that some spots maybe a little bit too aggressive, but it’s the first real run Super G that I had actually since April because this summer we had really bad weather when we wanted to train super-G….I felt like I could push even with the visibility being a little bit dark, so that’s good.”

Additional North American success

Canadian World Cup GS winner Valerie Grenier continues to show her super-G prowess. Starting with bib 30, Grenier used two top 10 sections to finish 14th (+2.61). Stifel U.S. Ski Team member Keely Cashman joined the ranks of the fastest 30. Cashman started 44th but crossed the finish line in 23rd and ended the day 24th (+3.55), scoring her first World Cup super-G points since Lenzerheide March of 2022. Last season, Stifel U.S Ski Team World Cup rookie Lauren Macuga scored downhill points in St Moritz, and today, skiing with bib 49, she finishes the day 30th (+3.99), earning her career first World Cup super-G point.

Cashman remarked, “It felt pretty good. I think I had a really hard time with super-G last year. Didn’t get any points. So this feels like a really good start to the season.”

Her teammate Macuga said, “It was such a wild run; you couldn’t see anything, and it was so bumpy. We trained in the Flatlight the other day, but this was way faster because it’s a race. I’m so excited. I think I finally got my groove back because during the downhill training runs. I was all over the place.”

Five women with bibs above 30 could score World Cup super-G points today. Stifel U.S. Ski Team’s Lauren Macuga was the last to do so. Three women who started among the first 30 did not finish.

The other North Americans racing could not finish among the day’s fastest 30. Isabella Wright (USA) and Cassidy Gray (CAN) could not finish. Former independent teammates Tricia Mangan (USA) (+4.81) and Stefanie Fleckenstein (CAN) (+5.27) were unable to ski fast enough.

St Moritz’s Corviglia race venue offers many changing terrains, so today’s flat light made the challenge even more difficult. The later starters also faced light snowfall. Veteran Austrian coach Christoph Alster’s course flowed well, but every mistake was punished with lost time.

Results of the top 30 and analysis of the fastest three and scoring North Americans

Analysis of the fastest three and scoring North Americans