Lara Gut-Behrami triumph in Kvitfjell, Federica Brignone closes in top 10

SuperG Kvitfjell: Lara Gut-Behrami triumphs and stretches in the rankings

The Norwegian snows also smile on Lara Gut-Behrami, The Swiss skier, in fact, è also imposed herself in the first Super G in Kvitfjell, recovery of one of the two races not held last week in Val di Fassa, achieving her eighth seasonal success and the forty-fifth of her career. The Sorengo native completed the event in 1:33.52, preceding the two Austrians Cornelia Huetter and Mirjam Puchner, who were 12 and 13 hundredths apart, respectively. 

At the foot of the podium was Germany’s Kira Weidle, who earned her first top 5 of her Super G career. Finishing in fifth place is Czech Ester Ledecka. As for the Italians, the only Italian in the top 10 è Federica Brignone, who takes sixth place, while Teresa Runggaldier, Marta Bassino and Roberta Melesi finish in the top 20. 

Thanks to her success in Norway, Lara Gut-Behrami increases her lead in the overall World Cup standings to 1514 points against Mikaela Shiffrin’s 1209 and Federica Brignone’s 1168. In the specialty ranking, however, the Swiss skier moves up to 460 points, 25 and 90 points ahead of Cornelia Huetter second and Federica Brignone third.

The Top 20 of the first SuperG in Kvitfjell

1 GUT-BEHRAMI Lara SUI 1:33.52
2 HUETTER Cornelia AUT 1:33.64 +0.12
3 PUCHNER Mirjam AUT 1:33.65 +0.13
4 WEIDLE Kira GER 1:33.81 +0.29
4 LEDECKA Ester CZE 1:33.81 +0.29
6 BRIGNONE Federica ITA 1:33.83 +0.31
7 MACUGA Lauren USA 1:34.53 +1.01
8 STUHEC Ilka SLO 1:34.58 +1.068
9 MUZAFERIJA Elvedina BIH 1:34.61 +1.09
10 AGER Christina AUT 1:34.71 +1.19
11 VENIER Stephanie AUT 1:34.77 +1.25
12 MOWINCKEL Ragnhild NOR 1:34.86 1.34
13 RUNGGALDIER Teresa ITA 1:34.92 +1.40
14 ROBINSON Alice NZL 1:34.95 +1.43
15 BASSINO Marta ITA 1:35.03 +1.51
16 CLEMENT Karen FRA 1:35.19 +1.67
17 MIRADOLI Romane FRA 1:35.29 +1.77
18 WRIGHT Isabella USA 1:35.32 +1.80
19 GAUCHE Laura FRA 1:35.35 +1.83
20 MELESI Roberta ITA 1:35.39 +1.87