Gut-Behrami won the super G event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Queenstown skier Alice Robinson, who won the Italian round of the giant slalom last week, finished 16th, while United States great Lindsey Vonn was 13th as she continued her comeback from retirement.
Gut-Behrami posted a time of 1min 14.91sec to finish 0.35sec ahead of Norway’s Kajsa Vickhoff Lie and in-form Italian Federica Brignone.
The win extends Gut-Behrami’s lead over Brignone in the super G standings, which the Swiss skier also won last season along with the giant slalom and also cuts the Italian’s overall lead.
Gut-Behrami is now just 70 points off Brignone in the overall competition, despite the Italian recording five world cup wins this season, including the downhill on Sunday.
"I’ve been struggling a little bit — I had to get the confidence back, the way to push on the skis again, and I made mistakes," Gut-Behrami said.
"I’m happy that today everything came together."
Vonn, who had failed to finish her previous two races, was 1.40sec adrift of the winner as the 40-year-old four-time overall world cup champion continues her comeback after coming out of retirement in November, having quit the sport in 2019.
The next world cup race is Friday’s slalom in Courchevel, where the United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin is set to return from injury and resume her hunt for a 100th win.
— APL / Reuters
