Calgary Herald

Jansrud wins super-G race at Lake Louise

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Lake Louise continues to be good to Norwegian ski racers. Kjetil Jansrud won a second straight World Cup super- G and his third in four years at the Alberta ski resort west of Calgary on Sunday. Jansrud and Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr finished one-two in the overall World Cup super- G standings in 201718 and opened this season in the same order Sunday. Kriechmayr crossed the line just 0.14 of a second slower than Jansrud. Switzerlan­d’s Mauro Caviezel was third, 0.21 seconds behind for his second career podium. Svindal, the reigning Olympic downhill champ, was fifth. Saturday’s downhill winner, Max Franz of Austria, placed 14th. Ottawa’s Dustin Cook was the top Canadian in 16th. Toronto’s James Crawford finished 27th on Sunday. Ben Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., was 47th, Calgary’s Jeff Read placed 49th and Brodie Seger of North Vancouver, B.C., was 50th.

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