The race was won by the Norwegian Kjetil Jansrud, while the second place went to his compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal (+0.17), who has returned to the World Cup competition in great form after suffering a serious injury in Kitzbühel back in January: “I didn’t expect this success. I was still unsure of myself during my training rounds, but I performed surprisingly well during the race itself and I had a great time on the slope.”
Janka just a hundredth of a second faster
There was a three-way battle for third place. The Italian Dominik Paris (+0.41) was the most successful. Boštjan Kline had a favorable starting position – number four --, and had a lead of more than a second when he crossed the finish line. Ultimately, he was just four hundredths of a second short of third place, but can take great solace in fifth place, since this is his third best finish in the World Cup. The Swiss Carlo Janka beat him by just one hundredth of a second.
Hirscher remains in the overall lead
Kjetil Jansrud celebrated his 15th career World Cup victory and his seventh super-G victory: “If you want to compete for the overall World Cup, you have to be among the best even this early in the season. This happened today, even though Marcel [Hirscher] also skied well.” Hirscher ended up in 13th place and is still the leader in the overall tally. The Austrians suffered a defeat; their best skier was Max Franz in tenth place.
Čater three hundredths of a second short of a top-30 position
Other Slovenian skiers ended up the race without World Cup points. Martin Čater came the closest to a top-30 finish. He ended up in 32nd place and was just three hundredths of a second short of obtaining World Cup points. On Saturday, Val d'Isere will host the downhill race, followed by giant slalom on Sunday. The women are in Lake Loise this weekend. The first of two downhill races will take place at 7:00 p.m. CET today. The venue will also host a super-G race.
S. J., T. O.; Translated by J. B.
