Liechtensten's Weirather claims Super-G ski win

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AFP) –

Tina Weirather in the women’s downhill event at the Ski World Championships in Schladming last month. The 23 year-old from Liechtenstein picked up her first World Cup win of the season in the Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather picked up her first World Cup win of the season in Friday’s Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

The 23-year-old from the tiny European principality was the fastest down the Khandahar course in 1min 19.82sec with Julia Mancuso of the United States and overall World Cup winner Tina Maze joint second as both finished at 0.12sec behind.

Austria’s Anna Fenninger was fourth at 0.28sec back, just outside the podium places.