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2024 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G

The women's super-G in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of nine events, including the final.[1] One super-G on 10 December in St. Moritz was canceled, but it was rescheduled as a second super-G in Zauchensee on 12 January.[2] As discussed in the season summary below, three more cancellations took place during February, reducing the season to eight races, but one downhill was then converted to a super-G to produce the final total of nine.

2024 Women's Super-G World Cup
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Season summary edit

The first event in this discipline, which did not take place until 8 December 2023 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was easily won by three-time defending downhill champion Sofia Goggia, who triumphed by almost a second over the field.[3] The follow-up race on the same slope was canceled due to continuing heavy snowfall.[4]

In the next event, 2022 discipline champion Federica Brignone of Italy notched her third victory of the season in a race that only 32 of the 57 starters were actually able to complete, a result that kept Goggia in first place for the season.[5] However, the two races after that, both in the Austrian resort of Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in mid-January, were won first by Cornelia Hütter of Austria[6] and then by four-time (2014, '16, '21, '23) discipline champion Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland (her 20th career win in the discipline, placing her second all-time among women), with Hütter second, moving Hütter and Gut-Behrami into the top two positions in the discipline for the season.[7]

Two weeks later in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Gut-Behrami won her second straight super-G (her sixth win at Cortina -- and her 41st victory overall), and, when Hütter failed to finish, Gut-Behrami grabbed the season lead in the discipline by just 10 points, but with Brignone and Goggia also still within 85 points of the lead.[8] However, the super-G scheduled for the first week of February in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was then cancelled due to warm weather.[9] However, even the time off didn't affect the proliferation of injuries, with Goggia requiring immediate surgery after breaking two bones in her right leg while doing giant slalom training in Italy, putting her on the sidelines for the rest of the season, while 2019 discipline champion Mikaela Shiffrin was still out after her crash in Cortina.[10]

The last month of the season contained four super-Gs before the finals. In the first, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, downhill specialist Stephanie Venier of Austria, who had finished second behind Gut-Behrami at Cortina, upset the field to record her first super-G win, with Brignone second, Hütter fifth, and Gut-Behrami sixth, reducing Gut-Behrami's lead over Hütter to just five points, and also moving Brignone within 34 and Venier within 94 in the discipline.[11] However, heavy snowfall in Val di Fassa, Italy prompted cancellation of both super-Gs scheduled there at the end of February, leaving only two races in the season.[12] But, when the next-to-last downhill of the season, in Kvitfjell, had both planned training runs, on 29 February and 1 March, cancelled by heavy snowfall, the downhill could not be run (as at least one training run prior to the race is required); instead, the race was converted to a super-G to replace one of the canceled races in that discipline, creating back-to-back super Gs on 2 and 3 March.[13] Gut-Behrami won the first race[14] and was second the next day behind Brignone in a race delayed repeatedly by fog,[15] allowing Gut-Behrami to open a 69-point lead over Hütter and a 74-point lead over Brignone, with just the finals remaining.

Finals edit

The World Cup final was held Friday, 22 March 2023 in Saalbach, Austria. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup Super-G discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points. However, shortly after winning the Junior World Championship, 20-year-old Swiss skier Malorie Blanc required season-ending surgery to repair a tear of her anterior cruciate ligament,[16] forcing her to join past discipline champions Corinne Suter and Shiffrin, plus Goggia and fellow Swiss speed skiers Joana Hählen and Jasmine Flury, on the sidelines for the final. Also, no 500-point skiers who were not otherwise eligible chose to compete, leaving the race with a field of 21 starters.

Because of her huge lead going into the final, all Gut-Behrami needed to do was place no worse than 8th to clinch the season crown, and she actually placed seventh, thus winning her fifth super-G season title to tie Katja Seizinger and her former rival Lindsey Vonn for most titles in the discipline; meanwhile, versatile Czech snowboarder and Alpine skier Ester Ledecká won the race, her first Alpine win since missing the entire 2022-23 Alpine season due to injury.[17]

Standings edit

# Skier
8 Dec 2023
St. Moritz

   
10 Dec 2023
St. Moritz

   
17 Dec 2023
Val d'Isère

 
12 Jan 2024
Zauchensee

 
14 Jan 2024
Zauchensee

 
28 Jan 2024
Cortina d'Ampezzo

 
4 Feb 2024
Garmisch

 
18 Feb 2024
Crans Montana

   
24 Feb 2024
Val di Fassa

 
25 Feb 2024
Val di Fassa

 
2 Mar 2024
Kvitfjell

 
3 Mar 2024
Kvitfjell

 
22 Mar 2024
Saalbach

  		Total
      Lara Gut-Behrami 60 x DNF 60 100 100 x 40 x 100 80 36 576
2   Federica Brignone 45 x 100 50 22 29 x 80 x 40 100 80 546
3   Cornelia Hütter 80 x 50 100 80 DNF x 45 x 80 36 45 516
4   Stephanie Venier 40 x DNS 32 14 80 x 100 x 24 40 50 380
5    Kajsa Vickhoff Lie 13 x 80 80 18 DNF x 36 x DNF 50 60 337
6   Ester Ledecká 8 x DNF 13 24 DNS x 32 x 50 60 100 287
7   Mirjam Puchner 26 x 20 36 60 36 x 20 x 60 4 16 278
8    Ragnhild Mowinckel 29 x 22 16 50 50 x DNF x 22 26 32 247
9   Marta Bassino 36 x DNF 45 2 40 x 60 x 16 16 29 244
10   Sofia Goggia 100 x 60 DNF 32 45 x DNS 237
11   Kira Weidle 5 x 29 18 0 26 x 29 x 50 24 40 221
12   Romane Miradoli DNS x 13 5 29 60 x 50 x 14 22 22 215
13   Lauren Macuga 1 x 14 0 26 16 x 12 x 36 45 18 168
14     Michelle Gisin 11 x 45 16 45 DNS x 8 x 0 18 20 163
15   Ariane Rädler 16 x 15 40 0 DNF x 22 x DNF 32 26 151
16   Laura Pirovano 15 x 36 7 12 22 x 24 x 0 9 24 149
17   Alice Robinson 24 x DNF 6 10 32 x 16 x 18 29 0 135
18   Laura Gauché 22 x DNF 12 36 24 x 26 x 12 DNF DNF 132
19   Roberta Melesi 2 x 10 2 40 DNF x 20 x 11 13 0 98
20     Corinne Suter 32 x 24 20 20 DNS 96
21     Joana Hählen 20 x 40 29 5 DNS 94
22     Jasmine Flury 14 x 32 26 DNF 20 x DNS 92
23   Elvedina Muzaferija DNF x 0 0 DNF 18 x 15 x 29 20 DNF 82
24   Christina Ager 12 x 18 9 0 9 x 3 x 26 1 0 78
25     Jasmina Suter 0 x 9 3 15 12 x 10 x 6 15 0 70
26    Ilka Štuhec 0 x 16 0 0 DNF x 0 x 32 12 NE 60
27     Priska Nufer 5 x 6 14 7 8 x 6 x 2 8 NE 56
28   Emma Aicher DNF x 26 DNF 0 DNS x 4 x 8 14 NE 52
29   Mikaela Shiffrin 50 x DNF DNS 50
30     Delia Durrer 10 x DNF 0 11 6 x DSQ x 10 11 NE 48
31   Valérie Grenier 18 x DNF 24 DNF DNF DNS NE 42
  Michaela Heider DSQ x 11 9 6 DNS x 13 x 3 DNF NE 42
33   Karen Smadja-Clément 0 x DNF 0 0 7 x 11 x 15 DNF NE 33
34   Teresa Runggaldier 0 x 7 0 0 DNF x 0 x 20 5 NE 32
35   Franziska Gritsch DNF x DNS 4 16 DNS x DNF x DSQ 10 NE 30
  Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel 9 x DNF 11 0 DNS x DNF x 7 3 NE 30
37   Isabella Wright DNF x DNF 1 0 0 x 14 x 13 DNF NE 28
38   Ricarda Haaser DNS x DNS DNF 14 x 7 x DNF 6 NE 27
39   Christine Scheyer DNF x 2 DNS 13 4 x 5 x DNF 0 NE 24
  Lena Wechner DNS x 13 DNF 4 DNF x 0 x 4 3 NE 24
41   Camille Cerutti 0 x 3 0 9 10 x 1 x 0 0 NE 23
42     Stephanie Jenal DNS x DNS 22 0 DNF x DNF x 0 0 NE 22
43   Nicol Delago 0 x 1 0 3 11 x 0 x 5 0 NE 20
44   Nadine Fest 6 x DNF DNF DNS 1 x 3 x 9 0 NE 19
45   Tricia Mangan 0 x DNF DNF DNF DNF x 10 x 0 7 NE 17
46     Noémie Kolly DNS x DNS 15 x DNF x 0 DNS NE 15
47   Vicky Bernardi DNS x DNS 0 13 x DNF x DNS NE 13
  Lisa Hörnblad DNF x 0 0 8 5 x DNF x DNF DNS NE 13
49   Jacqueline Wiles DNS x DNF 10 DNF 0 x 0 x 0 0 NE 10
50   Stephanie Brunner DNS x 8 0 DNS x DNS NE 8
51   Keely Cashman 7 x DNF 0 0 0 x DNS x 0 DNS NE 7
52     Juliana Suter DNF x 5 DNS NE 5
53   Sabrina Maier DNF x 4 0 DNF DNS x 0 DNS DNF DNS NE 4
54   Nadia Delago 0 x DNF 0 DNF 3 x 0 x DNF DNS NE 3
  Elisabeth Reisinger 3 x DNS x DNS NE 3
56   Cassidy Gray DNF x DNS DNF 2 x DNS x DNS NE 2
  Michelle Niederwieser 0 x DNF 0 2 DNS x DNS NE 2
58   Sara Thaler DNS x DNS 1 DNS NE 1
References [18] [4] [19] [20] [21] [22] [9] [23] [24] [12] [25] [26] [27]

Legend edit

  •   Winner (100 points)
  •   2nd place (80 points)
  •   3rd place (60 points)
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DSQ = Disqualified
  •   Did not start (DNS)
  •   Not eligible for finals (NE)
  •   Race canceled (x)
  • Updated at 22 March 2024, after all events.[28]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FIS CALENDAR & RESULTS - World Cup Women SG". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ AFP (16 December 2023). "Women's Cancelled St Moritz Super-G Shifted To Austria". Barron's. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ^ AFP (8 December 2023). "'Instinctive' Goggia skis to victory in opening St Moritz super-G". MSN.com. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b Associated Press (10 December 2023). "Heavy snow at St. Moritz forces cancellation of Mikaela Shiffrin's super-G race in women's World Cup". MSN.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ^ AFP (17 December 2023). "Shiffrin Misses Out As Brignone Dominates Super-G In Val D'Isere". Barron's. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  6. ^ Jiwani, Rory (12 January 2024). "Cornelia Huetter secures home win in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee Super G". Olympics.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ^ Associated Press (14 January 2024). "Lara Gut-Behrami wins a super-G for 20th career World Cup win in favored event for Olympic champion". MSN.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ Dampf, Andrew (28 January 2024). "Lara Gut-Behrami claims her 6th win in Cortina but won't say if she'll compete at the 2026 Olympics". AP News. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b Associated Press (29 January 2024). "Warm temperatures prompt cancellation of World Cup ski races in Garmisch and Chamonix". MSN.com. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  10. ^ Associated Press (5 February 2024). "Top skier Sofia Goggia has season-ending surgery on right leg after training crash". CBC. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  11. ^ Associated Press (18 February 2024). "Austria's Stephanie Venier wins women's World Cup super-G for 1st time". CBC. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  12. ^ a b Associated Press (25 February 2024). "Heavy snowfall prompts cancellation of women's World Cup super-G race in Val di Fassa". MSN.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  13. ^ Lange, Peter (1 March 2024). "Saturday Switch: Kvitfjell Women's World Cup Downhill Transforms into Super-G". skiracing.com. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  14. ^ Sportsbeat (2 March 2024). "LARA GUT-BEHRAMI EDGES OUT CORNELIA HUETTER AND MIRJAM PUCHNER FOR SUPER-G WIN IN KVITFJELL". Eurosport. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  15. ^ Associated Press (3 March 2024). "Brignone wins stop-start fog-disrupted super-G as Gut-Behrami extends overall World Cup lead". MSN.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  16. ^ Germann, Mathias (12 February 2024). "Malorie Blanc, du rêve au cauchemar". Blick. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  17. ^ Associated Press (22 March 2024). "Overall World Cup champion Lara Gut-Behrami adds super-G title; Ester Ledecka wins final race". MSN.com. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup St. Moritz Women's SG (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Val d'Isère Women's SG (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Zauchensee Women's SG (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Zauchensee Women's SG (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Cortina d'Ampezzo Women's SG (ITA)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Crans Montana Women's SG (SUI)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  24. ^ Associated Press (24 February 2024). "Heavy snow cancels women's World Cup super G in Val di Fassa". ESPN. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  25. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kvitfjell Women's SG (NOR)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  26. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Kvitfjell Women's SG (NOR)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Audi FIS Ski World Cup Saalbach Women's SG (AUT)" (PDF). FIS. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  28. ^ "Official FIS women's season standings". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 22 March 2024.

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