Kilde gets the Super-G ball

It was a spectacle. Kilde brought a fast but not flawless run to the finish. His direct competitor Marco Odermatt made an even bigger mistake and ended up far behind the Norwegian. None of the other athletes could hold a candle to Kilde, although it was very close on several occasions. In the end, Kilde won ahead of James Crawford from Canada and the Austrian Matthias Mayer. Dominik Paris came in fourth, 0,09 seconds behind Mayer.

It was clear from the start that Kilde wanted to finish things off today and jumped into the race in his home race with start number 7. Shortly after the second intermediate time came the moment of shock. After a right turn he came a little too directly to the next gate and the leader of the Super-G rating lost his balance for a moment. But the outstanding speed driver skillfully caught himself and brought his run to the finish 2 seconds ahead of the interim leader Vincent Kriechmayr.

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde plunges down the slope. © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

His competitor Marco Odermatt came with start number 9. It didn't get through the quickly inserted barrel without errors either. The Swiss misjudged his first jump and headed too straight for the next gate and had to make major corrections to stay in the race. The finish line was 1,68 seconds behind rival Kilde.

The next big competitor who could shift the decision in the fight for the crystal ball was Matthias Mayer, 3rd in the Super-G classification. After a brilliant run, the Austrian ended up just behind Kilde. The gap was 0,12 seconds and meant second place. Beat Feuz and James Crawford also made it exciting again and finished very narrowly behind Kilde with a gap of 2 seconds and 0,31 seconds respectively. 9 hundredths were missing What looked like a podium finish for a long time for Dominik Paris ended up being an ungrateful 4th place. During his solid run, the Ultner was only 0,06 seconds behind the best time and made Kilde sweat a lot. After minor mistakes in the final section, Paris was 0,21 seconds behind the Norwegian at the finish. James Crawford from Canada made a sensational run and spoiled the game for Paris. The Canadian ended up in third place, just 0,07 seconds behind, knocking “Domme” off the podium. Kilde wins Super-G ball This result means that Kilde will close the bag early and win his second Super-G crystal ball after the 2015/16 season. After winning the overall World Cup two years ago, this is the 2th ball for the exceptional athlete from Norway. And it's not over yet, in the downhill rankings Kilde is 7 points ahead of Beat Feuz and therefore has the best chance of grabbing both balls in the speed competitions.

Christof Innerhofer was unable to compete at the front in Kvitfjell and ended up far back, 1,44 seconds behind.

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Kilde gets the Super-G ball

The bag is closed. After a nerve-racking hundredth thriller, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won his 2nd Super-G crystal ball, and his 7th ball overall. Dominik Paris ended up in an ungrateful 4th place.

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