Cochran-Siegle, Goldberg Top 15 in Kvitfjell Super-G
On Sunday’s super-G in Kvitfjell, Norway, the final super-G of the regular World Cup season, Stifel U.S. Ski Team athletes Ryan Cochran-Siegle and Jared Goldberg ended their super-G run in 11th and 12th place respectively. It was a positive day for the men’s team overall with six men finding the top 30.
“I felt like I had some good skiing, but a couple mistakes that really made a difference. So definitely a tight race,” said Cochran-Siegle.
The weather in Kvitfjell changed dramatically once again to provide a thick layer of fog that forced the start to be moved down to a lowered start, which meant that the men would need to push extremely hard to find themselves in a good spot. Cochran-Siegle and Goldberg had no choice but to send as they ran bib 1 and 2.
The American skiers were separated by a hair, just 0.03 in between the two. The times would prove to hold up well for the upcoming racers. Just one-tenth of a second would end up separating the field between fifth place and 10th place.
“I think today was some good, solid skiing. I was pushing hard and really attacking the blind rolls and that was something that I was struggling with for a while, after having a big crash in Wengen,” said Goldberg.
The remainder of the men’s team also found strong skiing to put themselves in the super-G points. River Radamus landed in 18th, showing his giant slalom skills as he knifed each turn flawlessly. Kyle Negomir and Bryce Bennett were not far behind with a tie for 21st. Sam Morse finished 29th.
The winner of the race was Italian Dominik Paris, second place went to Canadian James Crawford and third place to Slovenia’s Miha Hrobat.
It was a strong ending to the men’s speed season in a year which has brought high highs and low lows. To end the season with the whole team in the points will satisfy the men for the final spring races and fire up the men heading into finals.
The skiers heading to finals for men’s speed include Bryce Bennett for downhill, Ryan Cochran-Siegle for downhill and super-G and Jared Goldberg for super-G.
“Just knowing that we're done with the European tour and we get to go home back to the U.S. gave me that little bit of push I need after so many months away. I'm excited to be on that hill, too. No one's no one else has really been there," said Goldberg.
The Stifel Sun Valley Finals will begin on March 22.
RESULTS
Men's super-G
