Ganong has career best time in super G

By USSA

VAL GARDENA, Italy — Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) charged through difficult visibility on the upper half of the Saslong super G and made an incredibly athletic move at the final gate to lead the U.S. Ski Team with eighth in Val Gardena on Dec. 20.

Uncharacteristically warm temperatures in the Italian valley caused the fog to blanket the upper section of the course, creating problems for numerous skiers including Ted Ligety (Park City), who did not finish the race.

Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal won for the third time since 2009 to further pad his Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall lead.

Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) jumped from the 41st start position to finish 16th for his career-best super G result.

“My super G is in a really, really good spot right now. In training it’s always fast. Today, I didn’t think about anything and kind of just skied,” Ganong said. “I didn’t push as hard as I could have, but I made it to the bottom and it was good, solid skiing.”

Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, N.Y.) and Erik Fisher (Middleton, Idaho) also earned World Cup points with 21st and 28th, respectively.