Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde celebrates afteer winning a gold medal for men's World Cup super-G skiing race Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Beaver Creek, Colo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Robert F. Bukaty
BEAVER CREEK VILLAGE, Colo. – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway continued his hot start to the World Cup ski season with a super-G title in Beaver Creek on Sunday.
Kilde’s winning time of one minute and 10.73 seconds was just two-tenths of second ahead of Swiss rival Marco Odermatt. Alexis Pinturault of France was third in 1:11.03.
The Norwegian also won Saturday’s downhill in Colorado with Odermatt finishing second and Toronto’s James Crawford placing third.
Crawford managed an 11th-place finish in Sunday’s super-G with a time of 1:11.86.
Three other Canadians also managed to crack the top 30 on Sunday and picked up World Cup points. Jeffrey Read, of Canmore, Alta., placed 20th. Trevor Philp, of Calgary, was 27th, and Broderick Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., finished 28th.
The men’s World Cup tour picks up next weekend with slalom and giant slalom events scheduled for Val D’Isere, France. The next downhill and Super-G races will be held Dec. 16-17 at Val Gardena-Groeden, Italy.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2022.
