FIS Alpine World Cup update

The leading final positions in the FIS Alpine World Cup following the Women's Super-G in Sestrierelast week has been announced.

Austria's Andrea Fischbacher currently leads the pack at 1 minute 21.06 seconds, the BBC reports, along with Fabienne Suter of Switzerland who is also on that time.

In third place is Maria Riesch of Germany, who incidentally is leading in the Women's Super-G FIS World Cup standings with 334 points compared to Elisabeth Goergl of Sweden's 281 points.

The alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing events that dates back to 1966.

Competitors aim to achieve the best performances in four disciplines, slalom, giant slalom, Super G and downhill.

The United States' Bode Miller recently won the super-combined title while skiing in Val d'Isere, however he failed to finish in the World Cup slalom this weekend.

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