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Tarvisio women’s super-G start list: Thin Olympic-season calendar, wide-open field, and Lindsey Vonn chasing SG win No. 29
The women’s World Cup super-G returns to Tarvisio, Italy, on Sunday, Jan. 18, with a field of 60 racers from 19 nations.
This race carries extra weight because the super-G season still has more questions than answers. Only two World Cup super-Gs have occurred so far this winter, and the canceled Zauchensee super-G thinned the pre-Olympic schedule even more. With so few starts, athlete form remains less known, and Tarvisio becomes a key test in the sprint toward Cortina 2026.
The schedule reality: fewer chances before the Olympics
Only four women’s super-Gs will run before the Olympic break. The FIS rescheduled the lost Zauchensee race to Soldeu, Andorra (February), bringing the season back to eight total — but the pre-Olympic calendar remains unusually light, with four after the Games.
Women’s World Cup super-G podiums (2025–26)
| Venue | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Moritz | 🇳🇿 NZL Alice Robinson | 🇫🇷 FRA Romane Miradoli | 🇮🇹 ITA Sofia Goggia |
| Val d’Isère | 🇮🇹 ITA Sofia Goggia | 🇳🇿 NZL Alice Robinson | 🇺🇸 USA Lindsey Vonn |
After two races, the season has produced two different winners (Robinson, Goggia), four podium athletes, and four countries represented. That parity only heightens the tension in Tarvisio.
Women’s World Cup super-G standings (2025–26)
- SG season rank 1 — Bib 14 — 🇳🇿 Alice Robinson — YOB 2001 — 180 pts
- SG season rank 2 — Bib 11 — 🇮🇹 Sofia Goggia — YOB 1992 — 160 pts — Atomic
- SG season rank 3 — Bib 7 — 🇺🇸 Lindsey Vonn — YOB 1984 — 110 pts — HEAD, Oakley
- SG season rank 4 — Bib 10 — 🇫🇷 Romane Miradoli — YOB 1994 — 109 pts
- SG season rank 5 — Bib 12 — 🇮🇹 Elena Curtoni — YOB 1991 — 90 pts — HEAD
Top Seven WCSL Super-G (top seven active skiers, ordered by bib)
- Bib 6 — 🇦🇹 Cornelia Hütter — YOB 1992 — WCSL SG rank 8 — HEAD
- Bib 7 — 🇺🇸 Lindsey Vonn — YOB 1984 — WCSL SG rank 9 — HEAD, Oakley
- Bib 10 — 🇫🇷 Romane Miradoli — YOB 1994 — WCSL SG rank 7
- Bib 11 — 🇮🇹 Sofia Goggia — YOB 1992 — WCSL SG rank 1 — Atomic
- Bib 12 — 🇮🇹 Elena Curtoni — YOB 1991 — WCSL SG rank 6 — HEAD
- Bib 13 — 🇳🇴 Kajsa Vickhoff Lie — YOB 1998 — WCSL SG rank 4 — HEAD
- Bib 14 — 🇳🇿 Alice Robinson — YOB 2001 — WCSL SG rank 5
Vonn’s moment: is win No. 29 on deck?
At 41, Vonn has re-established herself as a force in women’s super-G. Dating back to last season’s Stifel Sun Valley World Cup Finals, she has stood on the super-G podium in two of the last three super-G races. She also has three downhill wins this season, a signal that her speed, confidence, and timing have returned at full volume.
Now the next question feels inevitable in Tarvisio: Is she ready for her first super-G win since returning from retirement? Vonn holds the record for 28 World Cup super-G victories. On Sunday, she lines up for a shot at No. 29.
🇺🇸 Stifel U.S. women (9) — Tarvisio super-G start list
- Bib 7 — 🇺🇸 Lindsey Vonn — YOB 1984 — SG season rank 3 — 110 pts — HEAD, Oakley
- Bib 18 — 🇺🇸 Keely Cashman — YOB 1999 — SG season rank 13 — 42 pts — HEAD
- Bib 30 — 🇺🇸 Tricia Mangan — YOB 1997 — SG season rank 22 — 17 pts — HEAD
- Bib 32 — 🇺🇸 Breezy Johnson — YOB 1996 — Atomic
- Bib 41 — 🇺🇸 Mary Bocock — YOB 2003
- Bib 46 — 🇺🇸 Haley Cutler — YOB 1996 — Atomic — Independent (Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation)
- Bib 47 — 🇺🇸 Allison Mollin — YOB 2004 — HEAD
- Bib 48 — 🇺🇸 Isabella Wright — YOB 1997 — Atomic
- Bib 51 — 🇺🇸 Jacqueline Wiles — YOB 1992
For the U.S. women, Tarvisio marks the final criteria-based opportunity to qualify for the Olympic super-G, though multiple discretionary roster spots remain available.
🇨🇦 Canada — Tarvisio super-G start list
- Bib 29 — 🇨🇦 Valérie Grenier — YOB 1996 — 14 pts — SG season rank 24
- Bib 57 — 🇨🇦 Cassidy Gray — YOB 2005 — Atomic, SHRED
Grenier remains Canada’s only women’s super-G point scorer so far this season, while Gray gains valuable Olympic-season experience in a discipline with limited start
Course setter: David Fill (AUT)
Sunday’s super-G takes place on January 11th and begins at 5:15 a.m. ET / 2:15 a.m. PT. Fans in Great Britain can watch the race at 10:15
- 🇺🇸 United States: Live and replay coverage on Ski and Snowboard Live
- 🇨🇦 Canada: Live streaming on CBC Sports.
- 🇬🇧 Great Britain: Both races air live on Discovery+
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Women’s Start List
About the Author: Peter Lange
