Alpine skiing World Cup finals 2023: Norway edge out Switzerland in closely-fought team event

Norway edged out Switzerland in the mixed team parallel event at the World Cup finals in Soldeu on Friday. A closely-fought final was level at 1-1 as Thea Louise Stjernesund won her head-to-head for Norway and Livio Simonet took his heat for Austria. Ad Andrea Ellenberger stunned Therese Maria Tviberg in the third heat, which left Timon Haugan needing to win, with a fast time.

Soldeu'That was a spectacular ski' — Odermatt wins super-G at World Cup finals in SoldeuA DAY AGO Haugan, who was a bronze medallist at the World Championships individual parallel event, beat Semyel Bissig and was fast enough to give Norway the victory. Just six teams took part in the team event, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Italy, Germany, Andorra, as most nations decided to rest their skiers. Switzerland and Austria automatically qualified for the semi-finals as they are the top two countries in the Nations Cup standings.

Germany get the better of Italy 3-1 in the quarter-finals, as Marta Bassino and Federica Brignone and Corrado Barbera lost their heats. Meanwhile, Norway whitewashed Andorra 4-0 in the other quarter-final with Stjernesund, Haugan, Tviberg and Rasmus Windingstad all winning their head-to-heads. In the semi-finals, a tightly fought battle between Switzerland and Germany was decided on the time tie-breaker.

If the scores are level after the four runs in the team event, the team with the fastest combined male and female time go through. Gut-Behrami claims super-G crown in dramatic World Cup finals battle Odermatt wins super-G in Soldeu as he closes on record men’s points haul Linus Strasser won the fourth head to make it 2-2, but didn’t set a quick enough time as Switzerland edged out Germany by 0.21 seconds. Norway continued to