Gut wins super-G for 2nd straight victory
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Early in the World Cup super-G, Lara Gut caught an edge and sent a thick spray of snow into the air that momentarily obscured the Swiss skier.
Just when it appeared she may have fallen, Gut emerged from the plume, still moving fast and still attacking the hill.
This new Beaver Creek course in Colorado has been good to her.
Gut turned in another blazing run to win her second straight World Cup race to edge a strong Austrian contingent. Elisabeth Goergl of Austria originally took second but was disqualified for improper ski equipment, bumping up teammates Anna Fenninger and Nicole Hosp to second and third.
There’s just something about the iciness of this course that appeals to Gut, who won the downhill on Friday and goes for a Beaver Creek sweep in giant slalom.
“I do like this course. With two wins, I can’t say different,” Gut said. “It’s interesting and it’s difficult, but not too much. The snow is great. The setting was fine. It was fun to ski on these slopes.”
What looked like an impressive day on the hill for Austria — turning in three of the top four performances — was dampened a bit after the race when Goergl was disqualified. Her ski width in front of her binding was too wide. That moved Hosp up a spot and onto the podium.
“I’m really sorry for Elisabeth,” Hosp said. “The rules, they are here. You have to be inside the rules. I’m lucky today.”
There’s no luck involved with Gut, who was fast all week in training and keeps finding the fastest ways down the mountain, even when she makes mistakes.
Gut also captured a giant slalom race in Soelden, Austria, this season. She’s looking like the clear favorite to win the overall title this season, maybe even some Olympic medals at the Sochi Games.
In Lake Louise, Alberta, Dominik Paris of Italy won the season-opening men’s World Cup downhill on Saturday.
Paris’ third career World Cup victory came in 1 minute, 49.90 seconds.
Austria’s Klaus Kroell was second in 1:49.93 and Adrien Theaux of France was third in 1:50.01.
“I pushed very hard at the top and the middle section was very bumpy, so it was difficult to ski very good,” Paris said. “I tried to go fast and strike the line down. At the finish, I skied very good.”
Visibility changed quickly from dim to bright and back to dim again for the first 30 men down the mountain.
Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, who completed a downhill/super-G double on the same course last year, finished fourth, 0.23 seconds behind the winner.
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