CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lara Gut won a windy super-G Sunday in the final World Cup speed race before the Sochi Olympics.
For her fifth victory of the season — but first since Lake Louise, Alberta, in early December — the Swiss skier clocked 1 minute, 27.81 seconds down the Olympia delle Tofane course.
Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein finished second, 0.12 seconds behind, for her third consecutive podium result this week, and Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany was third, 0.61 back, to maintain her lead in the overall World Cup standings.
Gut leads the super-G ranks.
The women’s circuit moves to Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, for a giant slalom and slalom next weekend — the final event before the Sochi Games open Feb. 7.
