Who to Watch? Copper Mountain Men's Alpine Ski World Cup Super-G
- Raúl Revuelta
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The 2025–2026 Men's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Super-G season will begin in Copper Mountain, Colorado, on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, at 11:00 local / 19:00 CET.
This is the first time that the Men will race in a World Cup Super-G event at Copper Mountain. Only two previous Alpine Ski World Cup Men's events have been staged here: Slalom and Giant Slalom races in the 1975–1976 winter season. In March 1976, Copper stepped in to host Men’s and Women’s Giant Slalom and Slalom races after Heavenly Valley, California, was forced to cancel due to a lack of snow.
Nearly two years have passed since the ski racing world held its breath when Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, one of its biggest stars, suffered a horrific crash at the end of the Wengen Downhill in January 2024.
Having overcome a life-threatening combination of injuries to his calf, shoulder and nerves, as well as blood poisoning and multiple surgeries, the 33-year-old has made a full recovery and is ready to resume his Alpine Ski World Cup career.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is widely regarded as one of the greatest speed skiers of all time. He has achieved 21 victories in the Alpine Ski World Cup, with 12 wins in Downhill and nine in Super-G. He has also achieved 44 podiums, with 20 in Downhill and 24 in Super-G. Additionally, he has won five Crystal Globes, with two in Downhill, two in Super-G, and one Overall. Kilde is second among Norwegian men for most World Cup Downhill wins, only behind Aksel Lund Svindal (14).
Defending Super-G World Cup Champion Marco Odermatt is the Man everyone aims to beat. Last season, Odermatt won his third straight Super-G Crystal Globe. Stefan Rogentin and Vincent Kriechmayr came second and third, respectively, in the discipline standings.
Odermatt is the fifth man to win three or more Super-G season titles, joining Kjetil Jansrud on three. Aksel Lund Svindal and Hermann Maier share the Men's record with five Super-G titles, while Pirmin Zurbriggen won four. The 28-year-old Swiss superstar is the first man since Svindal from 2012 to 2014 to win three Super-G World Cup titles in a row. Maier holds the Men's record with four Super-G Globes in a row from 1998-2001.
Marco Odermatt has finished in the top 10 in each of his last 24 World Cup Super-G races, reaching the podium in 18 of them and winning 11 times during this period. This is the longest streak in Super-G World Cup history.
Last season, he finished in the Super-G podium 4 times, including three wins in Beaver Creek, Kitzbühel, and Crans-Montana.
Marco Odermatt’s victory in Crans Montana last season took Team Switzerland to second place in the Super-G World Cup record list with 52 wins. With 87 wins, Austria leads the field, while Norway is now in third place with 51.
The Swiss Ace is the third man to win at least 15 World Cup Super-G World Cup races, after Hermann Maier (24) and Aksel Lund Svindal (17).
Marco Odermatt has finished on the Super-G podium 25 times. One more podium finish would see him equal Kjetil Jansrud's record of 26 World Cup Super-G podiums, putting him in joint third place on the all-time men's list behind Hermann Maier (38) and Aksel Lund Svindal (30).
Marco Odermatt secured his 46th World Cup victory across all disciplines at the season opener in Soelden, equalling Marc Girardelli's record for fifth place on the men's all-time list.
Marco Odermatt and Hannes Reichelt are the skiers with the most World Cup Super-G victories on US slopes, with four wins each. Reichelt's most recent victory came in Aspen during the 2016–17 season, while Odermatt won last season's event in Beaver Creek.
Despite not winning any races last season, Stefan Rogentin finished second in the overall Super-G standings — his career-best result. He scored points in all eight races, finishing on the podium twice and in the Top 10 six times. The only other two skiers to score points in every 2024–25 Super-G race were his teammates, Marco Odermatt and Justin Murisier.
Stefan Rogentin's consistent performance saw him finish on the podium four times across both speed disciplines.
Vincent Kriechmayr finished third in the Alpine Ski World Cup Super-G standings, despite not winning any races in the 2024–2025 winter season. This was his eighth consecutive Top-three finish in the Super-G standings dating back to the 2017–2018 season. He won the Super-G Crystal Globe in the 2020–2021 season.
Vincent Kriechmayr has claimed nine World Cup victories in both the Super-G and Downhill events. If he wins one more race in each discipline, he will become the 11th man to achieve the 'double-double' of 10+ wins in two disciplines. After Hermann Maier (24 Super-G, 15 Downhill), Aksel Lund Svindal (17 Super-G, 14 Downhill), and Pirmin Zurbriggen (10 Super-G, 10 Downhill), he would become the fourth man to achieve the 'speed double-double'.
Last season in Kvitfjell, Dominik Paris recorded his fifth career World Cup Super-G win. The 36-year-old Italian won a shortened race ahead of Canadian James Crawford and Slovenian Miha Hrobat. This was Paris' sixth win on the Olympiabakken, with four Downhill victories in 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2025, and two Super-G wins in 2019 and 2025. It was his 24th World Cup victory and 50th World Cup podium, making him the 24th man to reach this milestone.
Four skiers recorded their first career World Cup wins in Super-G last season: Italian Mattia Casse in Val Gardena, Norwegian Fredrik Moeller in Bormio, Swiss Franjo Von Allmen in Wengen, and Austrian Lukas Feurstein in Sun Valley.
Feurstein was the only skier to step on the podium in both of last season's USA Super-G races. His third-place finish in Beaver Creek was his first career Alpine Ski World Cup podium, and he secured his first career win in Sun Valley.
US skiers have never won a Super-G event at home. Their best result came in Beaver Creek during the 2015–16 winter season, when two Americans made it onto the podium: Ted Ligety came second, and Andrew Weibrecht came third.
Team USA has gone 33 consecutive races without a Super-G win. The last victory came from Ryan Cochran-Siegle in the 2020-21 Bormio Super-G.