Austrian Marcel Hirscher won his first World Cup super-G race, while the U.S. put two men on the podium in Ted Ligety and Andrew Weibrecht in Beaver Creek, Colo., on Saturday.
Hirscher, the four-time reigning World Cup overall champion, prevailed by .33 over Ligety. Weibrecht was .36 behind.
Pre-race favorite Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal, seeking his fourth straight win on tour, placed 21st. Full results are here.
Hirscher is the reigning World Cup slalom and giant slalom champion and World champion in the super combined, but he had only one previous World Cup super-G podium before Saturday -- a third place back in 2012.
“It is nearly the same technique as giant slalom,” Hirscher said on NBCSN of Saturday’s course, which had a lower start due to weather conditions, which included falling snow to benefit early bib numbers. Hirscher started fourth, while the pre-race favorites were 16th and later.
Ligety, too, is better in the giant slalom as the reigning Olympic and World champion. He did, though, win the 2013 World title in the super-G.
“It’s really the most technical super-G hill on the World Cup,” Ligety said. “You actually have to be really good at turning and have to have some of the gliding skills.”
Weibrecht is more of a speed racer. He’s a two-time Olympic super-G medalist and notched his first career World Cup podium in his 117th start Saturday.
“It’s just such a monkey off my back,” Weibrecht said. “I get the question all the time that you have two Olympic podiums, but you never had a podium in World Cup, who is that? I’m sick of dealing with that.”
On Friday, Weibrecht was fifth in the downhill, then matching his best World Cup finish.
“I like to joke sometimes that he’s the fastest guy in all four events,” Ligety said. “Even slalom sometimes he’s ridiculously fast. It’s no surprise when he gets on the podium, that’s for sure. It’s more of a surprise it hasn’t happened more often.”
Hirscher and Ligety will be favored in a Beaver Creek giant slalom Sunday, live on NBC and NBC Sports Live Extra at 5 p.m. ET.
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