Swiss stars Odermatt, Gut-Behrami top prize money list for Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit
Swiss stars Odermatt, Gut-Behrami top prize money list for Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt holds the alpine ski World Cup overall title trophy, left, and the trophies for downhill, super-G and giant slalom disciplines as he celebrates on the podium, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami poses with the alpine ski, women’s World Cup overall trophy, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami, centre, poses with the alpine ski, women’s World Cup overall trophy, flanked by second placed Italy’s Federica Brignone, left, and third placed United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
France’s Cyprien Sarrazin shows his silver medal for his second place in the alpine ski World Cup downhill discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt holds the alpine ski World Cup overall title trophy, left, and the trophies for downhill, super-G and giant slalom disciplines as he celebrates on the podium, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt holds the alpine ski World Cup overall title trophy, left, and the trophies for downhill, super-G and giant slalom disciplines as he celebrates on the podium, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami poses with the alpine ski, women’s World Cup overall trophy, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami poses with the alpine ski, women’s World Cup overall trophy, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami, centre, poses with the alpine ski, women’s World Cup overall trophy, flanked by second placed Italy’s Federica Brignone, left, and third placed United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Switzerland’s Lara Gut Behrami, centre, poses with the alpine ski, women’s World Cup overall trophy, flanked by second placed Italy’s Federica Brignone, left, and third placed United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin, in Saalbach, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
France’s Cyprien Sarrazin shows his silver medal for his second place in the alpine ski World Cup downhill discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
France’s Cyprien Sarrazin shows his silver medal for his second place in the alpine ski World Cup downhill discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss stars Marco Odermatt and Lara Gut-Behrami earned the most money on Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit this season, although the two overall champions made less than the record $1 million totals of one year ago.
Odermatt again won 13 races to earn 810,000 Swiss francs ($903,000) in prize money, compared to his total of 941,200 Swiss francs (then $1,017,000) last year.
Gut-Behrami topped the women’s list with 574,200 Swiss francs ($640,000) in a season when she won a career-best eight races.
Both missed out on several opportunities to earn more as a series of speed races in the downhill and super-G disciplines were canceled because of weather issues — including in Beaver Creek, Colorado, and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany.
In her injury-hit season, American standout Mikaela Shiffrin earned 557,000 Swiss francs ($621,000), one year after earning a World Cup record 964,200 Swiss francs ($1.04 million). Shiffrin’s tally of nine race wins was five fewer than last season.
Italian all-rounder Federica Brignone also reached the half-million dollar mark, earning 484,000 Swiss francs.
Odermatt made more than twice as much as any other male skier. Cyprien Sarrazin of France was second on the prize-money list after making 365,500 Swiss francs ($407,000) in his breakout season in downhill.
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