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Weibrecht 17th in final super-G

ASPEN, Colorado — Travis Ganong led the way for the U.S. Ski Team in a challenging super-G at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals on another sunny, warm, spring-like Colorado day Thursday.

“It’s nice to be done with the season and also, it’s nice to be able push one last race and have a good result,” said Ganong, who finished eighth in his final World Cup race of the season and now heads off to Sugarloaf, Maine, for the U.S. Alpine Championships March 25-28.

Austria’s Hannes Reichelt took the men’s victory over Wednesday’s downhill winner Dominik Paris of Italy. Mauro Caviezel of Switzerland and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway tied for third. Andrew Weibrecht, of Lake Placid, was 17th.

In the women’s event, Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein mastered the soft, aggressive snow to take the victory and the overall World Cup super-G title. Slovenia’s Ilka Stuhec, who led the super-G standings heading into Thursday’s race by just 15 points, finished second on the day, as Italy’s Frederica Brignone rounded out the podium in third.

Stuhec now trails Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) by 198 points in the battle for the overall World Cup title with just two races remaining: slalom on Saturday and giant slalom Sunday in Aspen.

Both Lindsey Vonn and Laurenne Ross did not finish the super-G. Vonn skied through a gate and crashed, while Ross got knocked off balance in a compression and also crashed. Both were OK and skied to the finish.

“I think I just released the ski a little bit too early, and then once I realized that I didn’t have enough direction, I tried to really hammer on it,” said Vonn, who was working to carry her speed off the top portion of the course. “But I didn’t really have the strength or power to make it back. I almost had it, but I didn’t.”

“I’m not totally sure how I went down,” Ross said. “I think I just hooked up in a transition and high-sided, and landed on my side/bum/head. I slid for a while, but I’m OK.”

The Audi FIS Ski World Cup Finals continue today with the team event, followed by slalom Saturday and giant slalom Sunday.

Biathlon World Cup

With four medals already under their belts this season, the U.S. biathlon team wraps up the World Cup calendar this weekend in Oslo, Norway.

On the heels of their gold- and silver-medal performances at the IBU World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria and the World Cups in Pyeongchang and Kontiolahti, Lowell Bailey and Susan Dunklee continue to build on this already historic season.

Bailey, of Lake Placid, enters the weekend ranked eighth in the men’s World Cup standings, while Dunklee, of Barton, Vermont, sits 10th in the women’s rankings. This is the first time two Americans have been ranked in the top 10 at the same time.

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