Weibrecht Top 20 in Val Gardena Super G
VAL GARDENA, Italy (Dec. 20, 2014)—On a snow-hungry super G course in Val Gardena resembling a luge track, the U.S. men could not rival the women’s Val d’Isere results. Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, NY) was the top U.S. athlete in 19th place, while both Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) and Friday’s downhill winner Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT) DNFed. Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CO) rounded out the top 30, in 26th.
Kjetil Jansrud of Norway took his third win of the season—nailing the line so many men missed, and beating the field by almost half a second. He earned another 100 World Cup points to grab the overall lead. Dominik Paris of Italy took second and Birds of Prey SG winner Hannes Reichelt of Austria was third.
Travis Ganong takes 26th in Val Gardena. (Getty Images/AFP-Olivier Morin)
It was a tough course, causing men to pinball over the famed camel bumps, before sending them directly into the gates after it. There, they were getting late, sending many off the course—including Ligety, who skied out on an icy spot near the finish.
To round out the field, Jared Goldberg (Holladay, UT) took 38th, Bryce Bennett (Squaw Valley, CA) 41st, Tommy Biesemeyer (Keene, NY) 42nd, Tim Jitloff (Reno, NV) 51st and Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA) 55th.
Next up, Ted Ligety and Marcel Hirscher will rematch in Alta Badia for the GS. The men's speed team heads to Santa Caterina Valfurva, Italy right after the holiday.
Watch the replay of the super G on Universal Sports at 11:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 9:00 p.m. EST.
HIGHLIGHTS
- This was Dominik Paris’ second podium in as many days, finishing third in the Friday’s downhill.
- Kjetil Jansrud in Val Gardena and Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) in Val d’Isere both wore bib 20, and won their respective races.
RESULTS:
Official results