Lara Gut-Behrami finished in 7th place in the last race of the 2023-2024 winter season in Saalbach and clinched the Super-G Crystal Globe. Gut-Behrami joined the Club of Super-G stars with her fifth Crystal Globe (2014, 2016, 2021, 2023, and 2024). German Katja Seizinger (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998) and American Lindsey Vonn (2009,2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015) are the other two women in this exclusive group.
On the Men side, Austrian Hermann Maier (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004) and Norwegian Aksel Svindal (2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2014) are also in the exclusive club of the winners of five Super-G Crystal Globes.
She is the first woman to win the Super-G title in successive seasons since Tina Weirather won in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.
Gut-Behrami became the first Swiss woman to win three different World Cup classifications (Giant Slalom, Super-G, and Overall) in a single season since Vreni Schneider won the Slalom, Giant Slalom and Overall World Cup in 1994-1995.
The skier from Ticino has finished on the podium in six of the nine Super-G events this season including three victories in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and Kvitfjell (she DNF in Val d'Isère, finished in 6th place in Crans Montana, and in 7th place in Saalbach).
The 32-year-old Swiss celebrated in Kvitfjell her 45th win in the Alpine Ski World Cup and eighth victory of the season.
Gut-Behrami (22) is second for most World Cup Super-G wins among women, only trailing Lindsey Vonn (28). Gut-Behrami (39) sits third for most podium finishes, trailing only Lindsey Vonn (46) and Renate Götschl (41).
