Alpine Skiing World Championships Men's Super-G

2011 Ski World Championships - Men's Super-G Race

26 year old Italian Christof Innerhofer was the surprise winner of the 2011 Super-G on an incredibly icy and bumpy Kandahar course. The Sudtirol skier was almost faultless down the course, completing it in 1:38.31, 0.60 seconds ahead of Austrian Hannes Reichelt, who'd won the World Cup Super G just 4 days before in Hinterstoder. The World Cup overall leader Ivica Kostelic maintained his red-hot form into the World Championships by claiming the final place on the podium with a brave run in one of his least favourite events. Reigning champion from the 2009 event in Val d'Isere was Didier Cuche, and the Swiss veteran made a decent effort to reclaim the title but finished just out of the medals in 4th, 1.03 seconds behind Innerhofer. Austrian legend Benni Raich completed the top 5 positions a further 0.31 behind Cuche. American Bode Miller was flying down the course and looked good for gold but caught his ski pole on one of the gates and had to ski the remainder of the Kandahar course with just one pole. Incredibly, despite clearly having his balance affected he proceeded to increase his lead at the split times before making a mistake at one of the final turns. He then stood up and casually coasted over the final section but still finished 12th, leaving his fans wondering what might have been.