Ester Ledecka Wins First World Cup Super-G in Val d’Isère

Ester Ledecka beat Corinne Suter to claim her first victory in a Women’s World Cup Super-G.

Her first major triumph in alpine skiing came at the PyeongChang Olympic Games, where she stunned the world by winning the Super-G gold medal. Ledecka is no longer a surprise in alpine skiing and, year after year, she ranks among the favourites in the speed disciplines.

“I was having a bad day from the beginning. I didn’t have a good warm-up and I didn’t feel that the run was good. I felt that I had made a lot of mistakes. In any case, it is a great result. In the end, the run wasn’t as bad as it felt,” Ledecka said.

After celebrating her greatest successes in snowboarding, she now competes on both World Cup circuits. One week earlier, she had claimed her first snowboard victory of the season in a parallel giant slalom held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Corinne Suter (SUI) achieved three podium finishes in three days, including a Downhill victory on Friday, once again demonstrating her remarkable consistency in the speed disciplines.

Suter finished in the top six in all six World Cup Super-G races the previous season. Her only victory in the discipline up to that point had come in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 9 February 2020.

Reigning Overall World Cup champion Federica Brignone (ITA) finished third, 0.35 seconds behind the winner, one day after sitting out the Downhill following her crash in Friday’s race.

With 15 victories, Brignone is one win away from equalling Deborah Compagnoni’s record of 16 World Cup victories by an Italian woman. Brignone now shares second place with Isolde Kostner.

The women will return to competition in Semmering on 28 and 29 December for a Giant Slalom and a Slalom.