Lara Gut-Behrami Wins Super-G In Crans Montana.

Lara Gut-Behrami is back to her winning ways after a commanding performance in today’s Audi FIS World Cup super-G in Crans Montana.

Gut Behrami raced a flawless line on the bottom half of the course to earn the victory by nearly one second. Austrian Tamara Tippler continued to impress this season, earning her second, second-place finish 0.96 seconds behind. Italian Frederica Brignone rounded out the podium also earning her second super-G top-three finish of the season.

For Gut-Behrami, it was a mixed bag weekend. She finished a disappointing 16th place in the first downhill, only to rebound in yesterday’s second downhill to claim second place. Today she said she had some back pain making her status uncertain. But despite the pain, she was a clear winner. Crans Montana is clearly a venue that suits Gut-Behrami as today was her third victory and fourth podium in the last two seasons at the home nation resort.

The win also moved Gut-Behrami ahead of teammate Corinne Suter in the super-G season standings, although there is still much racing left in the year.

Young gun Bella Wright was the top Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski Team finisher in the super-G in Crans-Montana, Switzerland in 28th place—her fifth points-scoring result in as many races.

Wright—who is skiing in her first full FIS World Cup season—couldn’t be more excited about the results that she’s been racking up so far this season. “I’m super pumped that I have been consistently in the points for the past five races,” she said. “That’s exciting and I feel like I have a lot of momentum going right now. I think that after my first downhill points in St. Anton, that really gave me the confidence to know that I can just do it. Every race since then I’ve been wanting more and more and more to just build on top of.”

The skier, who hails from Salt Lake City and has trained with both Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club and Snowbird Sports Education Foundation, loves the speed and air of super-Gs and downhills and hopes that she can continue her fast progression this year. And the next World Cup on the dark and bumpy Kandahar track in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany may be the perfect place to execute her plan. “I think myself and my coaches know what I’m capable of,” she said. “I’m really gunning for that next step in Garmisch and really want to put a full run together top to bottom. That’s my next step… Looking for that next step, the next jump.”

Land Rover U.S. Ski Team athlete Breezy Johnson—who was third and fifth in the first two races in Crans-Montana—had a fast start but missed a gate after soaring off a jump and did not finish. Tricia Mangan also DNFed, but is OK. Laurenne Ross was 35th.