KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) – Kjetil Jansrud secured the men’s World Cup super-G title by winning the penultimate race of the season on Sunday.
His closest challenger in the discipline standings, Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal, failed to finish his run, enabling Jansrud to build a 134-point lead with only the season-ending race in Sweden on Thursday remaining.
Jansrud won the super-G globe twice before – in 2014-15 and last season.
Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup super-G, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Sunday, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Jansrud timed 1 minute, 33.21 seconds on the Olympiabakken course to lead Olympic silver medalist Beat Feuz of Switzerland by 0.22 seconds and fellow Norwegian Adrian Smiseth Sejersted by 0.34.
It was Jansrud’s 21st career win, matching the career tally of 1994 overall champion Kjetil Andre Aamodt. Svindal is the only Norwegian skier with more wins – 35.
Switzerland’s Beat Feuz speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup super-G, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Sunday, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Norway’s Adrian Smiseth Sejersted speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup super-G, in Kvitfjell, Norway, Sunday, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
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