Paris in its own league in the Super-G, Swiss just off the podium

In an otherwise close race on a shortened course, Paris put 38 hundredths between himself and the competition. The Italian, who already won the downhill on Friday at the station in Norway, is well on his way to his first victory in the super-G for six years.

Behind the outstanding South Tyrolean, James Crawford is likely to take his first super-G podium of the season. It would only be the second in the career of the 2023 World Champion. Three years ago, also in Kvitfjell, he finished in second place.

Marco Odermatt not only missed out on his third World Cup victory in a row in the super-G, but also on the podium for once. In the last 23 Super-Gs, this has only happened five times to the man from Nidwalden. For a long time it looked as if Odermatt had the luck of a hundredth on his side, as he was only a hundredth faster than last year's Austrian winner Vincent Kriechmayr. In the end, Miha Hrobat from Slovenia snatched 3rd place away from the world champion - with a lead of one hundredth of a second.

The other Swiss skiers also finished just off the podium. Alexis Monney (6th) and Stefan Rogentin (7th) were nine and ten hundredths off the podium respectively, while Franjo von Allmen in 13th place was 22nd. For the first time in the 15th speed race of the season, no Swiss skier is likely to be among the top three.

Odermatt was already the winner of the small crystal globe for victory in the discipline classification before the start, as Mattia Casse, the only remaining competitor, was not at the start after his crash in the downhill training. Odermatt is the best super-G skier of the season for the third time in a row. His triumph in the overall World Cup is only mathematically not yet certain. He will win the big crystal globe for the fourth time in a row and thus draw level with Pirmin Zurbriggen.