![]() "It's an emotional day, the win, the globe, Nicole (Schmidhofer) quitting. Recently-crowned world champion Marta Bassino came in eighth (+1.15sec), just behind teammate Sofia Goggia. US star Mikaela Shiffrin, who has already won the overall title, finished the race 14th, 1.46sec behind the winner. The Swiss racer finished just 45 points ahead of Brignone in the final super-G standings, with Mowinckel in third in a close contest with Italy's Elena Curtoni and Austrian Cornelia Huetter. Going into the race in the resort of Soldeu, five skiers were in a position to claim the super-G crystal globe, finally won by the 31-year-old Gut-Behrami for the fourth time in her career after previous titles in 2014, 20. Norway's Ragnhild Mowinckel rounded out the podium, a further 0.25sec adrift. The reigning Olympic super-G champion clocked 1min 26.70sec for the win, 0.22sec ahead of Italy's Federica Brignone. In a good day for Switzerland, Odermatt's teammate Lara Gut-Behrami claimed the women's super-G title after victory in Andorra. It is probably the most difficult discipline we have in ski racing, to sum it up with a victory, to get this globe, is fantastic." "I would say six victories out of eight races and two other podiums is nearly perfect. "I wasn't sure if it was still possible to get into another race mode, get the killer instinct you really need for the super-G, but I got into this mood again, and I showed some of my best skiing. "I was a little bit disappointed yesterday (with 15th place in the downhill) and I wanted to show another good race today. ![]() Odermatt said he was "extremely happy" with his super-G victory. "We will see how much is left in the tank. ![]() I will for sure celebrate today a little bit, and then try to go all in again on Saturday for the GS," Odermatt said. "I will treat this race (the giant slalom) like any other race. The Swiss racer has now amassed 1,942pts and is favourite for Saturday's giant slalom, where a third place finish would see him surpass the mark set by the now-retired Austrian legend. The victory was Odermatt's 12th of the season and sixth in super-G, and follows two gold medals in the giant slalom and downhill at last month's World Ski Championships in France.Īlready guaranteed the overall World Cup crystal globe, Odermatt can realistically target the men's points record of 2,000 set by Maier 23 years ago in the 1999-2000 season. ![]()
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