Viletta Wins Birds of Prey Super-G Ski Race

3rd December 2011 | OnTheSnow Staff

News Regions: Rocky Mountain

Resorts in this article: Beaver Creek

Switzerland's Sandro Viletta won the Birds of Prey Super-G race on Saturday in Beaver Creek, Colo. The victory was Viletta's first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup victory.

Viletta overtook Norwegian favorite Aksel Lund Svindal by a 0.20 second margin. With snow falling, Viletta delivered an impressive run. Switzerland's Beat Feuz finished third for his second medal in two days in Beaver Creek.

America Andrew Weibrecht finished 10th overall. Fellow American Bode Miller could not repeat his downhill victory from Friday, finishing 21st after an early mistake took him out of contentiion.

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