Overall champion Gut overtakes Vonn to win super-G title

Switzerland's Lara Gut speeds down the course during the women's downhill competition at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca) Switzerland's Lara Gut speeds down the course during the women's downhill competition at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

By Associated Press March 17, 2016 1 min read

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) – Lara Gut won the season-long super-G title on Thursday, finishing second behind Tina Weirather at the World Cup finals and overtaking the injured Lindsey Vonn for the crystal globe.

The overall champion from Switzerland was only 19 points behind Vonn heading into the final race and needed to finish at least sixth to surpass the American, who injured her knee in a crash in a super-G in Andorra last month.

Gut finished 0.41 seconds behind Weirather on the Corviglia slope, with Cornelia Huetter third, 0.59 seconds off the pace.

Huetter finished fourth in the super-G standings, just behind Vonn, who was in St. Moritz after flying in to pick up her downhill title on Wednesday.