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Erik Guay wins super-G World Cup title
AP Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 11 - 03 - 2010

Germany - Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final race of the season Thursday and claim a World Cup title in the super-G.
Coming off a super-G win on Sunday in Kvitfjell, Norway, Guay went into the race in third place but his blistering run as snow fell on the Kandahar course gave him the title.
"I didn't think it would happen today, I was so far behind," Guay said after winning his first World Cup title. "But I knew that if I won today I would have a chance so I took maximum risks and it paid off. It was wild."
Ivica Kostelic of Croatia finished second in the race, ahead of Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who was also third in the final discipline standings. Svindal was defending the title.
Michael Walchhofer of Austria, who led super-G standings going into the race, finished 15th and ended up second.
Walchhofer had a 46-point lead over Svindal and was 69 points ahead of Guay before the race.
By winning the last two of the six super-G races, Guay swept past his two rivals to claim the title with 331 points. Walchhofer had 316 points and Svindal finished with 314.
"The season could go on for another two, three weeks for me," Guay said.
Overall, Carlo Janka of Switzerland remained in the lead over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Raich, however, finished ahead of Janka in the race in sixth place and cut the gap to 38 points. Janka tied for 11th.
"I didn't have a great race," Raich said. "I struggled with the fresh snow, but I was able to cut the gap somewhat."
The overall title will be decided in the final two races, the giant slalom and the slalom.
"We can both do well," Raich said. "Carlo is very strong in the giant, I can also be fast and maybe I have an edge in the slalom. I am not making any predictions."
Guay covered finished in 1 minute, 26.36 seconds to leave Kostelic behind. Kostelic had a surprisingly strong race, making the podium in the event for the first time this season with a time of 1:26.75. Svindal clocked 1:26.99.

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