Super-G in Cortina

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Federica Brignone outclassed the competition in Cortina on Sunday.

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Federica Brignone has impressively won the women's super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The Italian relegated Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami (+0.58) and Corinne Suter (+1.08) to the next places. Ricarda Haaser (+1.14) was the best ÖSV athlete to narrowly miss out on the podium, finishing in fifth place. There were retirements for Stephanie Venier and Lindsey Vonn. 

Federica Brignone completed the total triumph of the Italians this weekend in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday. After Sofia Goggia's victory in the downhill, the overall World Cup leader clearly came out on top in the super-G ahead of Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami (+0.58 sec.) and Corinne Suter (+1.08). The Ski Austria athletes missed out on the race - with one exception: Ricarda Haaser (+1.14) achieved her best Super-G result to date in fifth place.

Here are the final results:

Just six hundredths of a second separated her from the podium, which certainly upset Haaser, as she admitted in her first interview. "It was certainly a good run, a stable run. At some gates I was even a bit too close to the line, where I couldn't really put pressure on the gate," explained the Tyrolean on ORF.

Disappointments for Venier and Vonn
Two more Austrians made it into the top ten. Ariane Rädler finished eighth, +1.45 behind, Cornelia Hütter (+1.47) missed the chance of a podium place with a suboptimal jump and finished ninth. Mirjam Puchner did not make it past 18th place with a faulty run. Christina Ager finished 26th and Nina Ortlieb 29th.

Among those eliminated were Stephanie Venier and Cortina record winner Lindsey Vonn, both of whom were uninjured. "I know I'm in good shape, I just need a bit more training, a bit more time," said Vonn after she slipped over the inside ski in the banked turn.

Brignone overtakes Dorfmeister
Rädler was happy to have "got back on track", saying it was "a step in the right direction". "I know it wasn't quite ideal, it was perhaps tactically too much at one point," she said. Hütter said that she had been at the limit in terms of the line and then jumped into a hollow. "Then it just didn't work out from the line, and a slight braking turn before the flat section is never good," said the Styrian.

Stephanie Venier

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It was Brignone's 31st World Cup victory and eleventh in the super-G. She overtook Austria's Michaela Dorfmeister in the all-time discipline leaderboard. "It was very fast and a bit like a downhill," said the 34-year-old. "I love this super-G." Gut-Behrami finished second in a super-G for the third time this winter, while Suter was back on the podium for the first time since March 2023. Back then, she also finished third in the downhill in Kvitfjell.