Consistent Ross Fifth at World Cup Finals

By U.S. Ski & Snowboard

March, 17 2016

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (March 17, 2016) – Consistency is the new name of the game for Laurenne Ross (Bend, OR), who popped yet another top-five finish in Thursday’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals super G Thursday.

“I’ve had a lot of DNFs and a lot of crashes in the past,” said Ross, who finished fifth Thursday and wrapped up the World Cup season with seven top-five results in downhill and super G, including alpine combined. “This year I was really working on finding the fine line between safety and speed, and I feel like I’ve started to really approach that, more on the safer side. I haven’t had any DNFs in downhill or super G this year, so I’m really happy with that.”

Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather won her second super G of the season on a sun-drenched, grippy track ahead of Switzerland’s Lara Gut in second and Austria’s Cornelia Huetter in third. However, Gut skied away with the biggest prizes of the day – the overall World Cup title and overall World Cup super G title. Ross finished the season eighth overall in the super G standings, while teammate Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was third overall.

In the men’s super G, Swiss Beat Feuz, Wednesday’s downhill winner, won yet again, this time displacing a pair of Norwegians for the victory – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Kjetil Jansrud tied for second. However, the younger Kilde displaced the veteran Jansrud for the overall super G title.

American’s Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid) and Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA) struggled with the softer track and peely snow, and did not finish Thursday’s super G.

Up next, the team event takes place Friday. Ross, Resi Stiegler (Jackson, WY), David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, CO) and Tim Jitloff (Reno, NV) are scheduled to compete for the U.S. Team.

HIGHLIGHTS

Laurenne Ross finished fifth in Thursday World Cup Finals super G.
Switzerland’s Lara Gut finished second and wrapped up the overall World Cup title and the overall super G title.
Lindsey Vonn finished the season third in the overall World Cup super G standings.
Norway swept the men’s top three overall World Cup super G standings with Aleksander Aamodt Kilde winning the title.

QUOTES

Laurenne Ross

I’ve had a lot of DNFs and a lot of crashes in the past. So this year I was really working on finding the fine line between safety and speed, and I feel like I’ve started to really approach that, more on the safer side. I haven’t had any DNFs in downhill or super G this year, so I’m really happy with that.

It was a fairly open super G today; it was a pretty easy set. So apart from those blind turns, it was all about pinning it and going as hard as you can.

[On the 2017 World Championships in St. Moritz] I’m psyched! I love this view. I love this area … I’m really excited to come back here next year.

Broadcast and Streaming Schedule (all times EDT)

Friday, March 18

7:00 a.m. - Team event, St. Moritz - NBCSN

Saturday, March 19

3:30 a.m. - Women's slalom 1, St. Moritz - LIVE - NBC Sports Live Extra

4:30 a.m. - Men's giant slalom 1, St. Moritz - LIVE - NBC Sports Live Extra

7:00 a.m. - Men's giant slalom 2, St. Moritz - LIVE - NBCSN

1:00 p.m. - Women's slalom, St. Moritz - NBC

NOTE: No live streaming of women's second run slalom; full coverage on NBC at 1 p.m. ED

Sunday, March 20

3:30 a.m. - Men's slalom 1, St. Moritz - LIVE - NBC Sports Live Extra