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Alpine Ski World Cup: Vincent Kriechmayr wins super-G for second victory in two days

Thursday, 15 March 2018, 17:38 Last update: about 7 years ago
Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr gets to the finish area after completing a men's super-G at the alpine ski World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr gets to the finish area after completing a men's super-G at the alpine ski World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Vincent Kriechmayr made it two wins in two days by taking the final World Cup super-G of the season on Thursday.

In a shortened race, the Austrian finished a narrow 0.04 seconds ahead of Christof Innerhofer, while Aksel Lund Svindal and Thomas Dressen tied for third, 0.08 behind.

It was the third career win for Kriechmayr, who tied with teammate Matthias Mayer to win the downhill on Wednesday. His other victory came in a super-G in Beaver Creek, Colorado, in December.

Kjetil Jansrud, the Norwegian who had already clinched the season-long discipline title, finished sixth.

Norway's Kjetil Jansrud, left, and Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather hold their men's and women's super-G discipline trophies, at the alpine ski World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Jansrud ended the season with an 80-point advantage over Kriechmayr. Svindal was third, 126 points behind.

"It's been a very good season. I started it off with a victory and managed to get on the podium in most of the other races," Jansrud said. "But I'm very happy to have decided the result in Kvitfjell when I look at the results today."

Between four of Svindal's five titles and Jansrud's third, Norwegians have won the super-G globe for seven straight seasons.

"Seven times in a row is pretty insane," Jansrud said. "If there's a secret I'm not going to say what it is."

Italy's Sofia Goggia gets to the finish area after completing a women's super-G at the alpine ski World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Earlier, Tina Weirather successfully defended her super-G title while Sofia Goggia won the final race of the season.

Goggia, the Italian who clinched the downhill title a day earlier, finished 0.32 seconds ahead of Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany.

Lindsey Vonn was faster than Goggia at the first checkpoint but lost her balance briefly midway down and finished third, 0.53 behind.

Weirather finished sixth, while Lara Gut, the only skier who had a chance of catching the skier from Lichtenstein, lost control early in her run.

Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather gets to the finish area after completing a women's super-G at the alpine ski World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Ester Ledecka, the surprise Olympic super-G champion, also went out early.

Weirather ended the season with an 86-point advantage over Gut. Anna Veith placed third, 122 points behind.

Weirather's second title adds to a large family haul that includes seven small crystal globes won by her mother, Hanni Wenzel, three for her uncle, Andreas Wenzel, and one by her father, Harti Weirather.

Italy's Sofia Goggia speeds down the course during a women's super-G at the alpine ski World Cup finals in Are, Sweden, Thursday, March 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

It was the fifth win of Goggia's World Cup career, in addition to her downhill gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Attacking a course set by her coach Giovanni Rulfi, Goggia bowed to the crowd upon seeing her time in the finish area.

It was a sparse crowd, though, on a day when the temperature dipped to minus-17 degrees C (1 degree F).

"It was a pretty tricky super-G and I tried to ski smart," Goggia said. "I told my coach, 'Hey Gianluca, you put poetry on the slope today.'"

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