Kriechmayr storms to Super G victory on challenging Beaver Creek course

Vincent Kriechmayr (AUT/Head) stormed to victory in the Men’s Super G World Cup in Beaver Creek on Friday as other race favorites struggled with snowy conditions on the technically challenging course.

Kriechmayr was the sixth racer out of the gate on Friday and set an early benchmark with his clean and accurate skiing to post a winning time of 1:06.77.

Fredrik Moeller (NOR/Atomic) was runner-up after finishing almost one second behind Kriechmayr with 1:07.33, while Kriechmayr’s team-mate Raphael Haaser (AUT/Atomic) was third with a time of 1:07.80.

After several delays caused by snowy conditions and decreasing visibility, the race jury declared Friday’s race completed after 31 athletes.

Several skiers did not finish the Super G course, including 2025 Downhill World Champion Franjo von Allmen (SUI/Head) who crashed after 40 seconds amid low visibility and falling snow.

Kriechmayr acknowledged he was able to complete the Super G course in better conditions compared to the rest of the field.

“It wasn’t easy for the other guys," he said.

Runner-up Moeller admitted Friday's weather conditions made the technically challenging course even more difficult.

“It was challenging the whole way, even the flat was challenging and the light (and) obviously with the snow. A really challenging day,” he said.

For third-placed Haaser, the Super G Beaver Creek course remains one of his favorite races despite Friday’s tough conditions.

“I think the weather conditions were challenging. Every year it’s tough, but it’s good for us to come here and I really enjoyed the race,” said the Austrian.

“I skied it yesterday in Downhill so it was a little bit more easy. But I think for the guys who just do Super G, you need a bit more confidence.”

Haaser’s result on Friday is his second Super G podium of the season after also finishing third at the Super G season opener in Copper Mountain last week. Last season the 28-year-old won gold in Giant Slalom and silver in Super G at the 2025 World Championships.

Thursday’s Downhill winner and last season’s Super G Crystal Globe winner Marco Odermatt (SUI/Stöckli) finished fifth on Friday after he appeared to struggle with the course’s bumpy terrain. The 28-year-old’s performance on Friday follows his Super G season opening win in Copper Mountain ahead of Kriechmayr last week.

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (NOR/Atomic) did not finish Friday’s Super G race, which was the Norwegian’s third race since returning to competition after 20 months of rehabilitation following a crash at the end of the Wengen Downhill World Cup in January 2024.

Kriechmayr’s victory on Friday marks the second time he topped the podium at Beaver Creek after he won the 2017 edition. The 34-year-old was also runner-up here in Downhill in 2019.