After winning combination and downhill Crystal Globes, the outstanding Maribor native was in the running for the super-G Crystal Globe. Her only competitor was Tina Weirather, but the skier from Liechtenstein skied flawlessly and won the race. She ended up beating Štuhec, who also put in a great performance and finished second, by 35 hundredths of a second. In the final super-G tally, the difference was a mere five points. Federica Brignone finished third in the final race.

Weirather outstanding in the most technically demanding segment of the course
Before Štuhec’s start – she had the seventh starting position – three skiers failed to finish. Weirather had the fifth starting position. Before her run, the super-G world champion Nicole Schmidhofer was in the lead. In the first segment of the course, the skier from Liechtenstein was four hundredths of a second faster than her Austrian counterpart, and she continued to gather speed. She gained more time in the middle portion, which was technically more demanding, and ended up taking the lead by 74 hundredths of a second.

The bar was set high. Despite a minor error, Štuhec was 14 hundredths of a second faster in the first segment of the course, which was perfectly suited to her skills. However, she began to lag from the second intermediate timing position onwards. At that point, she was nine hundredths of a second behind. She maintained that difference all the way to the final intermediate timing position, but she lost some more time and ended up 35 hundredths behind. Štuhec still had a chance to win a Crystal Globe if at least two skiers finished ahead of Weirather. However, the final placings remained unchanged.

Weirather completes the family collection
The 27-year old Weirather finished in second place twice in this year’s super-Gs; she finished in the number-three spot once. She was looking for a win until the very end, and just when it mattered most, she managed to ski her best race of the season. The Vaduz native’s win was the seventh in her career and the fifth in super-G. This was her first small Crystal Globe. Weirather comes from an exceptional family of skiers and has now added to the family collection of prizes. She became the first skier to repeat the feat of her parents and take home a Crystal Globe. Her mother, Hanni Wenzel, had won two overall Crystal Globes, as well as two super-G and combination Crystal Globes, as well as a slalom Crystal Globe. Her father, Harti Weirather, has a downhill Crystal Globe in his collection.

Štuhec second in the overall World Cup standings
Štuhec, who had won super-Gs in Cortina d’Ampezzo and Crans Montana, ended up with her 13th podium position of her career, and her second number-two finish. After Sofia Goggia failed to finish the race, Štuhec was also assured a second-place finish in the overall World Cup, even though there are two races still to be held before the end of the season. The first three super-Gs (in Lake Louise, Val d'Isere, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen) were won by Lara Gut, who injured herself at the World Championships in February and ended the season prematurely. Still, she retained her third-place position in the super-G standings.
T. J., translated by J. B.