Gut Closes on Overall Title, 5th in Super-G Won by Huetter

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (AP) — Lara Gut of Switzerland edged close to the overall Alpine World Cup title on Saturday by placing fifth in a super-G won by Austria's Cornelia Huetter.

Cornelia Huetter Photo Credit: Alain Grosclaude, Agence Zoom via Getty Images

Gut was set to build a 295-point lead in the standings over Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, who was 18th-fastest with lower-ranked starters still racing.

Gut can take a decisive lead with a top-25 finish in Sunday's combined event that Rebensburg will skip as she does not race slalom.

Rebensburg should race just three events, each worth 100 points to the winner, at World Cup finals week starting Wednesday at St. Moritz.

Gut was 0.58 seconds behind Huetter's time on the 1.58-kilometer (1-mile) Silvano Beltrametti course.

Fabienne Suter of Switzerland was second, 0.10 back. Third-placed Tamara Tippler of Austria trailed Huetter by 0.35.

(Story by: The Associated Press)