Source: Radio New Zealand
Alice Robinson competes in the Women’s Super G event. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP
New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has to finish at least second in the final race of the season to have any chance of claiming the overall super-G title, after placing fourth in the penultimate round in Val di Fassa.
Robinson closed the gap on series leader Sofia Goggia but it will be a big ask to usurp the Italian at the finals in Norway on the 22nd March.
Goggia, who finished ninth in Italy on Monday morning, leads Robinson by 63 points in the race to the World Cup super-G title.
Robinson, now the only other woman who can win the super-G title, was joint fourth. Italian Elena Curtoni won her home event.
German skier Emma Aicher failed to score, leaving her 145 points behind Goggia and out of super-G title contention.
Robinson, who finished eighth at last month’s Milano Cortina Olympics, said she will throw everything at the final event.
“It was not as hard as I was expecting [today], so I could have maybe pushed a little bit harder. We’ve got one more race so I am happy to give that everything but it’s a little bit frustrating,” Robinson said.
Meanwhile, US Alpine ski great Mikaela Shiffrin boosted her overall World Cup lead with a rare super-G appearance as closest rival Aicher did not finish.
Shiffrin, who is hoping to end the season with a sixth overall Crystal Globe, finished 23rd but the eight points stretched her lead over Aicher to 125 with six races remaining across all disciplines.
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