Lara Gut-Behrami takes two victories into the summer break

The technical discipline events at the World Cup finals in Sun Valley round off the 2024/25 alpine ski season. Following the Super-G at the weekend, Lara Gut-Behrami also wins the Giant Slalom in the USA on Tuesday. Sara Hector finishes third, placing her third overall in this discipline. Lena Dürr takes second place in the Slalom on Thursday, Camille Rast finishes third in the overall Slalom ranking.

"Lara Gut-Behrami skied superbly in the finals. I am very pleased that she finished the season with two victories. She has seen that when everything works, anything is possible, and this is great motivation for her in the upcoming Olympics season," says HEAD Racing Director Rainer Salzgeber. "Lena Dürr's podium was also very good. She skied the second run superbly in difficult conditions, although she has often found the second run tough this season. Benjamin Ritchie's performance with his best World Cup result to date was sensational."

"It's great fun again"

Lara Gut-Behrami started the second run of the Giant Slalom in the lead. The Swiss athlete stayed in first place to secure her 48th World Cup victory, her tenth in the Giant Slalom and the first in this discipline this season. "It's great fun again, which makes it easy to ski fast. It wasn't an easy race. It was a struggle in these conditions, and I had to fight all the way to the finish line. I finished the season with two victories, I won the Crystal Globe, I came second in the overall World Cup, and I'm delighted with that. I hope that I can take this joy and this feeling into the next season," said Lara Gut-Behrami at the finish.

Sara Hector finishes third in the Giant Slalom World Cup

Sara Hector finished third on the podium in the Giant Slalom for the fourth time this season, following her victories in Killington and Kranjska Gora, and her second place in Semmering. The Swedish athlete finished third in the overall Giant Slalom ranking. World Cup points in the final Giant Slalom were also notched up by Wendy Holdener from Switzerland in seventh place, A J Hurt from the USA who was eighth, Estelle Alphand from Sweden ninth, and Stephanie Brunner from Austria in tenth place. Stephanie Brunner skied an impressive second run, clocking the second-fastest time.

Lena Dürr on the Slalom podium - Camille Rast finishes third overall

Lena Dürr bagged her fourth Slalom podium of the season with second place on Thursday. The 33-year-old German athlete previously achieved a second place in Semmering and two third places in Levi and Courchevel. Fourth place went to Wendy Holdener, 13th place to Emma Aicher from Germany, 14th place to Camille Rast from Switzerland, and 15th place to Anna Swenn-Larsson from Sweden. Camille Rast finished third in the overall Slalom ranking.

Second top ten result for Anton Grammel

In the final men's Giant Slalom of the season on Wednesday in Sun Valley, Anton Grammel finished tenth, putting him in the top ten for the second time. The 26-year-old German athlete achieved his best career result to date in Hafjell just over a week before.

Best World Cup result for Benjamin Ritchie

Benjamin Ritchie ends the season with seventh place in the Slalom on Thursday, his best World Cup result to date, and in front of his home crowd. Previously, the USA athlete finished in eighth place in the Slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in January 2025 as his personal best. Armand Marchant from Belgium finished twelfth, Johannes Strolz from Austria finished in 15th place.