Overview
- Cornelia Huetter secures Austria's first victory of the season in the women's World Cup circuit with a super-G win.
- Huetter's win is the first for an Austrian woman in a World Cup super-G at home in over 17 years.
- American star Mikaela Shiffrin, who leads the overall World Cup standings, is skipping the three speed races at Altenmarkt to recover from a cold.
- Shiffrin's lead in the overall standings was reduced to 182 points by Federica Brignone, who finished fourth in the race.
- Nadine Fest, the Austrian former world junior champion in super-G, was airlifted from the course by helicopter after a serious crash.