Suter leads Hütter and Mowinckel to triple victory in Lake Louise!

In the final North American race, the women's Super-G in Lake Louise on Sunday, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrated a triple victory with Corinne Suter, Cornelia Hütter and Ragnhild Mowinckel. Nina Ortlieb made a remarkable comeback following a respite of almost two years by finishing in second place in the Downhill in Lake Louise on Saturday. James Crawford and Alexis Pinturault also celebrated podium finishes in Beaver Creek.

"The first triple victory this season is simply brilliant - especially in Lake Louise, where the equipment plays a crucial role," emphasized HEAD Racing Director Rainer Salzgeber. "In the Downhill events, we also had the opportunity to win. Unfortunately, the conditions with strong crosswinds were an influencing factor. If you take home 240 out of a possible 300 points in one weekend like Corinne Suter did, that's an awesome result. She has been working with Stefan Berthold, Kjetil Jansrud's service man, since the beginning of the season, and that teamwork is going very well. Nina Ortlieb's comeback was outstanding. She wanted to return to racing last season, but then gave her body more time to recover and that seems to have been the right decision. Atle Lie McGrath's performance was excellent. It was his first Super-G and his first World Cup race on this slope. This shows his great potential. It was the first time he has seen these sections of the run in competition, while the others have raced down them many a time. He invested ten days in the USA, and also competed in the Downhill. It's nice to see that his investment has paid off. The results in North America show that we are doing well with the equipment. And that is going to continue back in Europe!"

First, second and third place for Corinne Suter

Corinne Suter enjoyed an almost perfect weekend in Lake Louise. Her fifth World Cup win overall, the second in a Super-G, was preceded by a second-place finish on Friday and a third-place finish on Saturday in the two Downhill events. On Friday, the Swiss athlete missed victory by just four hundredths of a second. Cornelia Hütter finished in third place on Friday, missing victory by just six hundredths of a second. The 30-year-old Austrian athlete was unable to enter the second race on Saturday due to headaches, but went on to finish in second place in the Super-G on Sunday - just two hundredths of a second behind Suter. The Norwegian athlete Ragnhild Mowinckel celebrated finishing in third place in the Super-G. Nina Ortlieb's comeback was impressive: The Austrian athlete finished sixth in the first Downhill event on Friday, and raced to finish second on the podium in the second Downhill on Saturday - her best result in this discipline. Nina Ortlieb was just 34 hundredths of a second behind the winner Sofia Goggia.

James Crawford celebrates second World Cup podium

With his third place in the Downhill in Beaver Creek on Saturday, James Crawford has once again made his mark. For the Canadian athlete it was the second World Cup podium in his career - following a second place in the Super-G at Kvitfjell in 2022. In the Super-G, the final race in Beaver Creek on Sunday, Alexis Pinturault bagged third place, his fourth podium in this discipline - 30 hundredths of a second behind the winner Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. The French athlete last stood on a Super-G podium in December 2014, also finishing third in Beaver Creek. In 2014, the 31-year-old won his only victory in the Super-G so far, in Lenzerheide.