Nina Ortlieb won the World Cup super-G on Kvitfjell, finishing at the top of podium completed all by Austrian skiers for the first time in any alpine discipline since 2009.
Ortlieb’s time of 1:29.25 was enough to claim only her second World Cup victory, while Stephanie Venier and Franziska Gritsch finished 0.12 and 0.38 seconds further back respectively, in what was the first all-Austrian Super-G podium since 2005.
Ad Meanwhile, there was to be no eagerly-anticipated World Cup victory for Mikaela Shiffrin, who could have equalled Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time record of 86 wins in Norway.
Kvitfjell'There's disbelief!' — Ortlieb stuns everyone by taking super-G win in KvitfjellAN HOUR AGO The race began in blizzard-like conditions with a frigid temperature of -8 degrees celsius at the top of course, adding an extremely challenging element to the race, which ultimately proved costly for Shiffrin and those with the top 20 bib numbers.