Rebels

Second race, second victory - Lara Gut-Behrami is on absolute top form in the Giant Slalom. Following her victory at the season opening in Sölden, the Swiss athlete has gone on to win the second Giant Slalom of the season in Killington on Saturday. There was another podium for the HEAD Worldcup Rebels on Sunday: Wendy Holdener celebrated her first top-3 of the season finishing in third place in the Slalom.

Following Lara Gut-Behrami's victory at the opening event in Sölden, in Levi the HEAD Worldcup Rebels continue their run of success. Lena Dürr races to two podium finishes in the Slaloms: on Saturday the German athlete is second, on Sunday third. Sara Hector is now one of the elite as well, finishing in fifth and in fourth place in the two Slalom events. Both of the men's Downhill races in Zermatt/Cervinia were cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

A perfect start to the season for the HEAD Worldcup Rebels! Lara Gut-Behrami takes victory in the Giant Slalom in Sölden on Saturday. This first race of the season sees the Swiss athlete win her 38th World Cup victory, her sixth in the Giant Slalom, and it's the third time that she wins in Sölden, following 2013 and 2016. On Sunday, the men's Giant Slalom had to be cancelled during the first run due to strong winds. French athlete Alexis Pinturault was in third place when the race was interrupted.  

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The HEAD World Cup Rebels write another chapter in skiing history in the 2022/23 season. With 8,750 points, HEAD once again clearly wins the FIS Brand Ranking. At the highlight of the season, the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel, the HEAD team was also the best ski brand with 13 individual medals. In the World Cup, the Rebels were on the podium 67 times - even more than last season.

With her third victory of the season, Lara Gut-Behrami secured the Crystal Globe in the Super-G in a thrilling final in Soldeu on Thursday. This is the fourth time the Swiss athlete takes overall victory in this discipline. Vincent Kriechmayr won his fourth Downhill of the season in Wednesday's final. For Johan Clarey, this was his final race, summing up an impressive 20-year career in the World Cup. Lara Gut-Behrami finished third in the Downhill on Wednesday, Ragnhild Mowinckel was also third in the Super-G on Thursday.

Alexis Pinturault is all set for the World Cup Finals with two podium finishes in the Giant Slalom. The French athlete raced to second place in Kranjska Gora on Saturday and third place on Sunday. The HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrated three podium finishes at the women's events in Aare: Sara Hector came third in the Giant Slalom on Friday, Wendy Holdener was second in the Slalom on Saturday and Anna Swenn-Larsson finished third. 

The HEAD women's team swept away almost everything in Kvitfjell this weekend: In the Super-G on Friday, HEAD celebrated a triple victory with Cornelia Hütter, Elena Curtoni and Lara Gut-Behrami. Kajsa Vickhoff Lie's first World Cup victory followed on Saturday in the Downhill, where she also made Norwegian skiing history. Corinne Suter finished in third place. And on Sunday, HEAD again took all three podium places in the second Super-G with Nina Ortlieb, Stephanie Venier and Franziska Gritsch. In the men's Downhill on Saturday in Aspen, James Crawford raced to the podium in second place.

Brązowy medal Leny Dürr w sobotnim slalomie zapewnił ekipie HEAD Worldcup Rebels jeszcze jeden medal w finałowy weekend mistrzostw świata w Courchevel/Méribel. Tak zakończyły się najbardziej jak dotąd udane dla HEAD mistrzostwa świata, podczas których sportowcy reprezentujący markę zdobyli aż 13 medali. HEAD zdeklasował konkurencję, zwyciężając w klasyfikacji producentów. Złote krążki wywalczyli także nowi Mistrzowie Świata: Alexis Pinturault, James Crawford, Alexander Schmid i Maria Therese Tviberg.

Two HEAD Worldcup Rebels skied to the podium for the first time in the World Cup this weekend: Laura Gauché raced to third place in the Downhill in Crans Montana on Sunday with bib number 26. Albert Popov also finished third on Sunday in the Slalom at Palisades Tahoe.

The HEAD Worldcup Rebels remain on a run of success at the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel. In the Parallel event on Wednesday, both Alexander Schmid and Maria Therese Tviberg won the Gold medal. Wendy Holdener's Silver made it a HEAD double victory in the women's event. Ragnhild Mowinckel bagged Bronze in the Giant Slalom.

The HEAD Worldcup Rebels continue to collect medals at the World Championships in Courchevel/Meribel: Nina Ortlieb won Silver in the Downhill on Saturday, Corinne Suter took Bronze.

James Crawford left all the favourites standing in the World Championship Super-G in Courchevel on Thursday. The Canadian athlete bagged the Gold medal with a sensational run. Alexis Pinturault won his second medal at his home World Championship in third place. In the women's super-G on Wednesday, Cornelia Hütter and Kajsa Vickhoff Lie shared the Bronze medal.

A lifelong dream comes true for Alexis Pinturault. The French athlete became World Champion in the Combined event at the World Championships in his hometown of Courchevel on Tuesday. Wendy Holdener took Silver in the Combined event the day before.

Exactly ten years after her victory at the City Event in Moscow, Lena Dürr celebrates her first World Cup victory in the Slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn on Sunday. The German athlete raced to the top of the podium following two second places and five third place finishes in this discipline. The day before, the 31-year-old finished second in the first Slalom in Spindleruv Mlyn, with Wendy Holdener from Switzerland finishing third.

Three of the six podiums in the two Giant Slaloms in Kronplatz went to the HEAD Worldcup Rebels: Lara Gut-Behrami finished second on Tuesday, and on Wednesday Ragnhild Mowinckel and Sara Hector finished in second and third place.

Victory in the Downhill sets a new milestone for Vincent Kriechmayr! The Austrian athlete won the Downhill on the Streif run on Friday to claim this classic race for the first time. The HEAD Worldcup Rebels celebrated a double victory at the Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday: Ragnhild Mowinckel won ahead of Cornelia Hütter. On Saturday, podium places were won by Kajsa Vickhoff Lie, who was second, and Elena Curtoni, who finished third. Beat Feuz ended his great skiing career in Kitzbühel as one of the most successful HEAD athletes of all time.

On January 20 to 22 at the 83rd Hahnenkamm event in Kitzbühel, the spotlight will be on one HEAD Worldcup Rebel in particular: Beat Feuz is ending his unique World Cup career after 16 years. The Swiss athlete, winner on the Streif run in both of the past two years, is one of many HEAD athletes who made skiing history on this legendary course.

Following her successes in the Giant Slalom, Lara Gut-Behrami showed in St. Anton this weekend that victory is hers in the Super-G as well. The Swiss athlete won on Sunday and finished third on Saturday. Beat Feuz didn't quite make it to the podium in Wengen, but the Swiss fans gave him a champion’s reception as he crossed the finish line. The Swiss athlete competed in his last Downhill race on the Lauberhorn run on Saturday and finished an excellent fifth.

At the Night Slalom in Flachau, Lena Dürr skied to a podium finish for the second time this season. The German athlete was third, equalling her best result of the season in the Slalom in Semmering.

A successful Sunday for Atle Lie McGrath and Lara Gut-Behrami. The Norwegian raced to the podium for the first time this season in second place in the Slalom in Adelboden, while the Swiss athlete bagged third place in the second Giant Slalom in Kranjska Gora. She celebrates her third podium this season following her victory in Killington and second place in Semmering.

Anna Swenn-Larsson remains on course for success. The Swedish athlete, who celebrated her first Slalom victory in Killington in November, also bagged a podium finish in third place in the first Slalom event in Zagreb on Wednesday. The second Slalom in Zagreb on Thursday had to be cancelled due to the warm temperatures.

In one of the most challenging Downhill events in the World Cup, the Stelvio run in Bormio, the HEAD Worldcup Rebels once again showed their class: Vincent Kriechmayr won on Wednesday ahead of team-mate James Crawford. Lara Gut-Behrami missed victory in the Giant Slalom in Semmering on Wednesday by just one tenth of a second despite a serious mistake. The biggest surprise, however, came from Matthias Mayer. The Austrian athlete announced on Thursday that he is retiring from ski racing.

The 29th of December started with a shock announcement at the World Cup in Bormio. Matthias Mayer, three-time Olympic champion and HEAD Worldcup Rebel since 2004, took everyone by surprise before the Super-G when he declared his immediate retirement from ski racing.