Tina Weirather won the penultimate event of the season on Saturday to take pole position in the race for the women's World Cup super-G title.

The Olympic bronze medalist from Liechtenstein overtook Lara Gut on top of the standings. Weirather will carry a 46-point lead over her Swiss rival, who finished the race in seventh, into the final event on March 15 at the World Cup finals in Are, Sweden.

Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

Weirather won the globe for the best super-G racer last season, edging Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia by five points. Set for another close showdown with Gut, Weirather called winning the trophy again "very important."

"It's the biggest prize you can win in our sport," she said. "This means more than an Olympic medal, which is just one race and where luck always plays a part. But a globe is never a matter of luck."

Switzerland's Wendy Holdener celebrates in the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)

On a shortened course due to weather conditions, Weirather timed 1 minute, 2.17 seconds to beat Olympic silver medalist Anna Veith of Austria by 0.36. Wendy Holdener of Switzerland trailed by 0.38 in third for her career best super-G result. Gut finished 0.59 off the lead.

The surprise gold medalist from the Pyeongchang Olympics, Ester Ledecka of Czech Republic, didn't compete as she started in a snowboard parallel giant slalom in Turkey.

Anna Veith of Austria in action during the women's Super-G race of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Crans-Montana, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Also, overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin and her American teammate Lindsey Vonn both sat out the race. Shiffrin was preparing for next week's technical races in Ofterschwang, Germany, while Vonn will only race again at the finals.

Shiffrin's lead over Holdener, her only remaining rival for the overall championship, was reduced to 611 points on Saturday, but the Swiss skier has been left with only a mathematical chance of closing the gap with seven races remaining.

Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather celebrates after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)

Wearing bib No. 7, Weirather was able to learn from problems at the final jump before the finish for most of the early starters, including runner-up Veith. They came wide and lost time in making the next gate.

"I did a good job today. At the start I watched the first four skiers and saw they had big problems," said Weirather, who competed in a Europa Cup super-G on the same course last Wednesday.

Winner Tina Weirather, center, of Liechtenstein, second placed Anna Veith, right, of Austria and third placed Wendy Holdener, left, of Switzerland celebrate during the podium ceremony after the women's Super-G race of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Crans-Montana, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (/Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP)

"This is the most difficult hill all year," she said. "Every time I misjudge something, so it was important to find out how the rolls are, how the course feels."

Veith acknowledged she probably lost the victory just before the finish.

Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather and Switzerland's Wendy Holdener celebrate with the Swiss team after an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Saturday, March 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca)

"Everything was possible today," the former two-time overall champion said. "I felt like I wanted too much and that's why I made the mistake at the bottom part."

A combined event, adding the results of another super-G and a slalom run, is scheduled for Sunday.