Cornelia Huetter won the super-giant slalom at the Austrian winter center Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, another round of the Alpine Skiing World Cup season. That was Austria's first win of the campaign.
The representative of the hosts delighted the Austrian fans with a wonderful ride, leaving behind her on the podium Kajsa Vickhoff Lie of Norway and Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami. The Italians Federica Brignone and Marta Bassino, the Austrians Ariane Raedler, Mirjam Puchner and Stephanie Venier, as well as the Swiss Joana Haehlen and Jasmine Flury also entered the top ten.
Five athletes failed to finish today's start, among them was Sofia Goggia from Italy, and Iceland's representative Hofi Dara Fridgeirsdóttir.
With the triumph, Huetter occupied the first place in the fight for the Small Crystal Globe in the Super-G discipline, having 230 points - second is Brignone with 195, and third is the Norwegian Lie with 173 points. In the general for the Grand World Cup, the American Mikaela Shiffrin continues to be the leader with 929 points, ahead of Brignone with 747 and Petra Vlhova from Slovakia, who has 722 points.
Racing in Altenmarkt-Zauhensee continues tomorrow with downhill and on Sunday there is another super-giant slalom at the Austrian ski resort. /BGNES
