In the shortest Super-G in World Championship history, Canadian James Crawford’s winning time was just 1:07.22 minutes.
Odermatt, Pinturault, Kilde and the new World Champion each set the best time with consecutive start numbers – in the end it was only the blink of an eye that made the difference for 25-year-old Crawford, who had never won a Super-G before. In fact, he finished on the podium only once, second from Kvitfjell in March.
The Canadian’s greatest career success so far was a bronze medal in the Olympic combined in Beijing 2022. In Downhill (fourth place) and Super-G (sixth place), he was already close to the podium.
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In Courchevel, Crawford only used the combination for training purposes on Monday and, after finishing 14th in the Super-G, did without the slalom.
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Men’s Super G
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World Ski Championships: Sander convinced
The four German starters delivered mixed results. Andreas Sander managed a positive surprise with ninth place (+0.67 behind). A mistake in the lower part cost the man from Ennepetal an even better place – fifth place was only 0.09 seconds away.
“I was really annoyed while driving. If I have to blame myself for something, then that shouldn’t happen,” said Sander on “ZDF”. And to Crawford as the winner: “There you can see again, the World Cup – there is always at least one surprise on the podium.”
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Romed Baumann (+1.88) was disappointing, Simon Jocher didn’t really get going after a long injury break either (+1.96). Josef Ferstl 2019, still a Super-G winner in Austria’s Skimekka Kitzbühel, retired after good intermediate times.
The Austrians, who have won medals in every World Cup race so far, were once again among the defeated: Raphael Haaser, third in the station wagon (+0.58 seconds), finished in five as the best ÖSV driver.
Odermatt beaten – Pinturault celebrates
Odermatt (+0.37), who leads the overall and Super-G World Cup, ended up missing the medal by eleven hundredths. However, the Swiss, winner of four of the six Super-G races this World Cup season, is struggling with knee problems.
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Veteran Pinturault (+0.26), most recently in December in Beaver Creek in third place on a Super-G podium, used his home advantage as in the combination and won his second World Cup medal.
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Combination silver medalist Marco Schwarz almost fell and still finished a strong sixth (+0.59), Vincent Kriechmayr (+0.87/13.) failed.
Still satisfied
Kilde was satisfied despite just missing out on the gold medal. “That’s how it is in sport. But still: It was cool to drive,” he said on “ORF”. The Norwegian broke his hand in Kitzbühel a few weeks ago, but still drives the speed competitions at the World Cup.
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“One hundredth is a shame, but it’s a medal. Maybe next time I’ll be a hundredth ahead. I have the next opportunity on the descent,” said the 30-year-old and was happy like his partner Mikaela Shiffrin the day before Super G silver: “Same start number, same medal – that looks good.”
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