If Lara Gut-Behrami wins another giant slalom, she will be the first woman with at least ten World Cup victories in three disciplines. Two men have achieved this feat so far.
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- No woman has ever won ten World Cup races in three different disciplines in alpine ski racing.
- Lara Gut-Behrami is one victory short of this historic mark. She currently has 22 victories in the super-G, 13 in the downhill and 9 in the giant slalom. The Ticino native will have the opportunity to set a new record on Saturday in Kranjska Gora.
- Among the men, Hermann Maier and Pirmin Zurbriggen have so far celebrated at least ten victories in three disciplines.
In Kranjska Gora, Lara Gut-Behrami is aiming for her 10th World Cup victory in the giant slalom. If the Ticino native succeeds, she will break a mark that no female skier has ever cracked before.
With a triumph in Slovenia, Gut-Behrami would be the first skier ever to celebrate at least ten World Cup victories in three disciplines. She currently has 22 victories in the super-G, 13 in the downhill and 9 in the giant slalom.
Even 99-time World Cup winner Mikaela Shiffrin has not (yet) achieved this feat. 62 victories in the slalom, 22 victories in the giant slalom, 5 victories in the super-G, 4 victories in the downhill and 1 victory in the combined are among the US American's victory statistics. Even former top skiers such as Vreni Schneider and Annemarie Moser-Pröll were unable to reach this mark.
Zurbriggen and Maier cracked the mark
Among the men, two athletes have so far achieved at least ten victories in three disciplines: Pirmin Zurbriggen (10x downhill, 10x super-G, 11x combined) and Hermann Maier (15x downhill, 24x super-G, 14x giant slalom).
For comparison: the current World Cup dominator Marco Odermatt has 25 victories in the giant slalom, 13 in the super-G and 3 in the downhill.
On Saturday morning, Gut-Behrami will enter the action with bib number 5. The first run of the giant slalom starts at 09.30 am, blue Sport is tickering live.
