Overall champion Kilde takes super-G for 1st win of season
Action continues with super-G event on Saturday
Defending overall champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won a men's World Cup super-G on Friday in Val Gardena, Italy, for his first podium result of the season.
The Norwegian was 0.12 seconds faster than Mauro Caviezel, the discipline title holder from Switzerland who won the previous race in the French Alps last week.
Kjetil Jansrud finished third, trailing his Norwegian teammate by 0.21.
It was Kilde's fifth career win, and third in super-G. He scooped the overall title last season while winning only one race, a super-G in Austria in February.
The Norwegian team usually does well in the Italian resort, winning the super-G for a ninth time. No other nation has more than four race wins in Val Gardena.
Overall World Cup leader Alexis Pinturault sat out the race. The Frenchman was likely to be overtaken by Swiss skier Marco Odermatt, who finished the race 0.98 seconds behind Kilde.
Toronto's Jack Crawford was the top Canadian in 27th.
A downhill on the same hill is scheduled for Saturday, as Italy is hosting five World Cup races in as many days, with technical events in Alta Badia and Madonna di Campiglio to follow until Tuesday.
A downhill on the same hill is scheduled for Saturday, which you can stream live on CBCSports.ca at 5:45 a.m. ET
For more men's alpine coverage, tune into Road to the Olympic Games on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET.
with files from The Canadian Press
