It’s the end of the year but the start of something brilliant for Marco Schwarz, who closed out 2025 with his second victory in two weekends on Saturday morning in the Livigno super-G race.

The fourth skier to take on the course, Schwarz (AUT) set an electric pace at the top of the morning, soaring to a time of 1:10.33 that would hold up against the 58 skiers who followed. The win is a massive upset for the Austrian, who also claimed victory in the giant slalom in Alta Badia on December 21. The two wins are Schwarz’s first of the season, his first since December 2023, and this makes his first ever World Cup win in the super-G.

Switzerland’s Alexis Monney was another skier who found his best form just as the calendar year ends, racing into second place (+0.20). The fastest Swiss skier of the day on a stacked team, the finish is Monney's first podium and first super-G top 10 of the 2025-26 season. It is an important result for the 25-year-old rising star, who will look to beat out a slew of talented countrymen to secure a spot in Milan Cortina.

Fellow Swiss skier Franjo Von Allmen rounded out the Livigno podium, taking home third place after finishing just five hundredths of a second behind Monney (+0.25). Von Allmen entered the race with a surge of momentum, having secured one victory and one runner-up finish in the two Val Gardena downhill races last weekend. However, Von Allmen had struggled in this season’s super-G, recording one 9th place finish and two DNFs, making the day’s podium even more special.

Finishing just off the podium (in very rare form) was Marco Odermatt, the Swiss superstar who currently leads the super-G, overall and downhill Crystal Globe standings (he’s a mere second place in giant slalom). Odermatt looked a little fatigued, perhaps, after finding the podium eight times in 12 races this season (including five wins). He made a series of uncharacteristic, small errors which ultimately held him in fourth place (+0.29). 

The U.S. men’s speed team put forward a decent performance in Livigno, bouncing back after a tougher showing in Val Gardena last weekend. 2022 Beijing super-G silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle led the way in 13th, 0.56 seconds off the pace. His result in Livigno is his third top 15 finish in four super-G races this season.

"It was a solid effort. I made some nice turns throughout my run, and had at least one that needed to be skied better in order to deserve a really good day as far as the result goes," Cochran-Siegle said after the race. "It's hard to beat skiing in the sunshine in Italy, on consistent snow, with a pretty fun track."

He was followed by teammates River Radamus (+0.58) in 14th and Kyle Negomir (+0.97) in 24th. Radamus has been in fine form in giant slalom as of late (his specialty) with three consecutive top seven finishes, and came in just under his season best of 12th in the super-G. 

 "I figure if I can’t beat River in fantasy football this year, it certainly was nice getting him by 0.02 in the race," Cochran-Sigle added.

For Negomir, the result is his fourth consecutive points finish, showing off an impressive, consistent run as Olympic selection creeps closer. Bryce Bennett (+1.22), Sam Morse (+1.27) and Tanner Perkins all finished outside of the top 30, while Jared Goldberg recorded his second DNF of the season.

On such a rapid, short course, there is very little room for error in Livigno, and even less time to recuperate a mistake. Several top skiers found this out the hard way on Saturday, with Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr in bib six and Raphael Haaser in bib seven being two of the 15 skiers unable to finish the race on Saturday.

After a rapid opening stint to the season, the men’s Alpine skiing World Cup tour will hit pause for the New Years. Competition will resume on January 7, 2026 in Madonna di Campiglio with a slalom race.