2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G

The super-G discipline was the final discipline to begin for the women in the 2026 season, not starting until the tenth race of the season (and third speed race at St. Moritz, Switzerland). By that point, five of the discipline's biggest stars were out, including defending champion Lara Gut-Behrami, Corinne Suter, and Michelle Gisin (all of Switzerland), Federica Brignone (Italy), and Lauren Macuga (U.S.). In the first race, New Zealand's Alice Robinson, the current giant slalom discipline leader, edged France's Romane Miradoli, Italy's Sofia Goggia, and the United States' Lindsey Vonn for her first-ever super-G victory; overall leader and 2019 discipline champion Mikaela Shiffrin competed in her first super-G in almost exactly two years but missed the last gate, costing her a top-10 finish.^[6] The next week at Val d'Isère, France, Goggia, who had made a serious mistake in the previous day's downhill while leading, picked up her first victory of the season, with Robinson close behind in second (and retaining the discipline lead) and Vonn in third.^[7]

When the discipline resumed in January, the first race in Zauchensee, Austria had to be cancelled due to strong, gusty winds that made the course unsafe.^[8] The race was then rescheduled as a second super-G to be held in Soldeu, Andorra, on 28 February, with the downhill scheduled for that day being moved back to the 27th.^[9] Finally, the third super-G of the season took place in Tarvisio, Italy on 18 January, with Germany's Emma Aicher holding off Vonn for the victory, with Czechia's Ester Ledecká returning to the podium for the first time in over a year (11 Jan. 2025) and the rest of the field finishing over a second behind; Goggia, who finished sixth, moved into the discipline lead by 10 points over Vonn and 20 over Robinson, who failed to place in the top 30.^[10] In the final World Cup race before the start of the Olympics later that week, at Crans Montana, Switzerland, the home country's Malorie Blanc, 22, won her first World Cup race by edging Goggia, with the U.S.'s Breezy Johnson recording her first super-G podium as well in a race held without Vonn, who had suffered a complete ACL tear the day before, but with Brignone, appearing in her second race since her injury ten months ago.^[11]

The Winter Olympics held a huge surprise, as Brignone, who had made a huge effort to return for a home-region Olympics, roared to victory in difficult weather conditions (overcast, occasional snow, limited light; 17 starters failed to finish), thus earning a gold medal to complete her career set of medals in three different disciplines (bronze in GS in 2018, silver in GS and bronze in combined in 2022); France's Romane Miradoli grabbed a surprise silver, and Austria's Conny Hütter edged her teammate Ariane Rädler by 0.01 seconds for the bronze.^[12] Brignone was unable to maintain her form in the first of the two super-Gs in Soldeu (Andorra), as she only finished 15th, but (after Vonn's season-ending injury at the Olympics) the discipline race was thrown wide open when Aicher dominated the field again, winning by 0.88 seconds over Robinson, with discipline leader Goggia only managing sixth to lead Robinson by 20 and Aicher by 96 with three races remaining.^[13] But the next day, Goggia, in pursuit of her first ever super-G discipline championship, earned her second super-G victory of the season, beating Aicher by 0.24 seconds to expand her lead over Robinson (who finished seventh) to 84 points and over Aicher to 116 points, with everyone else eliminated.^[14] Prior to the next events in Val di Fassa (Italy), Brignone announced that she was ending her season early to permit her to fully recover from her injuries, now that she had achieved her goal of competing in the Olympics (along with winning two gold medals, in super-G and giant slalom).^[15] Following two downhills both won by an Italian skier (Laura Pirovano) on home snow, Goggia was bidding to add to the Italian headlines by clinching the super-G championship in the next-to-last race, but the story instead turned out to be two other Italian races: 35-year-old Elena Curtoni, who became the second-oldest women's World Cup winner ever, behind only Vonn, with a victory there, and Asja Zenere, a 29-year-old who just debuted on the World Cup circuit four years ago and achieved her first podium with a third-place finish, while Goggia carried a 63-point lead over Robinson into a two-way battle at the finals.^[16]

The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Sunday, 22 March 2026 on the Olympiabakken course at Kvitfjell, near Lillehammer, Norway.^[17] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup super-G discipline and the winner of the 2026 FIS Junior World Championships in the discipline (Emy Charbonnier of France), plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, will be eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 will earn World Cup points. As expected, all of the eligible racers except for Vonn competed, as well as giant slalom season champion Julia Scheib of Austria and slalom season champion Shiffrin (both with over 500 points) and Charbonnier (junior champion), setting the starting field at 27. But the race itself was no contest, as Goggia bested runner-up Corinne Suter (returning to form after missing half the season due to injury) by .32 seconds, and Robinson barely avoided missing a gate during the run, thus ensuring the season title for Goggia -- her first in super-G to go along with four in downhill.^[18]

• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom
• 2026 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom
• World Cup scoring system