Lara Gut all but wrapped up Alpine skiing’s biggest prize Saturday, extending her lead in the overall World Cup standings by placing fifth in a super-G in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Gut’s only challenger, Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, needs a series of unlikely finishes in the final week in order to win the title.
Rebensburg’s 18th-place finish in a race won by Cornelia Hütter left her trailing Gut by 295 points. She will skip the combined event Sunday and the slalom in finals week, starting Wednesday in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Rebensburg would need to win her last three races in St.