Federica Brignone ahead of victory and lead in the Super-G World Cup

Brignone leads the shortened race after 30 racers. Lara Gut-Behrami is tied in 4th place with Corinne Suter, meaning that Gut-Behrami and Brignone will go into the final for the small crystal globe in the Super-G practically tied.

Brignone, who started the race seven bibs ahead of Gut-Behrami, was one and five hundredths of a second faster than Sofia Goggia and Romane Miradoli respectively. Gut-Behrami, who had also finished fourth the day before, one place behind Brignone, missed out on the podium by three tenths, as did Suter.

If it stays that way, Brignone will take a mini-reserve of five points into the final in Sun Valley after her tenth win of the season. The last super-G is scheduled for Sunday, March 23, one day after the downhill.

Brignone's second triumph in the overall World Cup after 2020 is effectively a foregone conclusion before the final. The 34-year-old from Milan now leads the overall standings by 382 points ahead of Gut-Behrami, who will only compete in three more races.

The Swiss, who had to cede the lead in the women's Nations Cup to Italy in La Thuile, managed a small improvement on Thursday with two 4th places and Joana Hählen in 10th place. While Michelle Gisin was unable to confirm her 9th place from the previous day and missed out on the top 20, Suter achieved her best result since her two 3rd places in Cortina d'Ampezzo (super-G) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (downhill) in January.

Emma Aicher, the German winner on Thursday, was eliminated after setting the best intermediate times.