Cornelia Huetter has won the downhill race to clinch her first ever title and deny Lara Gut-Behrami her fourth of the season on a surprising final day of the women’s World Cup campaign. Huetter had started Saturday’s race fourth in the discipline standings. Gut-Behrami needed to finish ninth or better to protect her lead in the standings.
Austria’s Cornelia Huetter holds the women’s World Cup downhill discipline trophy after completing an alpine ski women’s World Cup downhill, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Austria’s Cornelia Huetter holds the women’s World Cup downhill discipline trophy after completing an alpine ski women’s World Cup downhill, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024.
However, the Swiss standout was perhaps too cautious and ended up crossing the line in 11th and Huetter was immediately surrounded by her jubilant teammates. It still wasn’t over as Huetter then faced an anxious wait to make sure none of the remaining skiers were faster as that would have denied the 31-year-old the 100 points for the win that she needed to beat Gut-Behrami to the title.
Ilka Stuhec and Nicol Delago went nerve-crushingly close — starting 17th and 18th respectively — and Huetter had her head in her hands after Stuhec finished just 0.17 seconds behind her. Delago was third, 0.49 behind Huetter.
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