Andorran Puig Secures 14th in St Moritz Giant Slalom

Andorran para-alpine skier Roger Puig has added to his strong World Cup form with a 14th-place finish in the giant slalom in St Moritz, Switzerland, on Friday.

Puig, starting with bib 24 among competitors, ended the first run in 15th position despite an unfavourable early draw. He improved in the second run, climbing one spot to secure 14th overall in a solid, error-free performance. The result exceeded his target of a top-20 finish and approaching the top 15, while marking his first points in giant slalom this season. It added 18 points to his overall total, now at 195.

The performance builds on Puig's recent highlights, including ninth place in the Santa Caterina downhill on 16 December amid snowfall and low visibility—where he started bib 11, hit fifth in the opening split, but dropped after a small mistake on the final wall—and a career-best fourth the next day. In that race, Puig progressed from seventh in the first split to sixth in the second and fourth in the third, which he held to the line. He reached 117 km/h on the slower, snow-covered track, clocking 1:09.54, more than a second faster than prior outings there. Switzerland's Robin Cuche won in 1:07.79, followed by Canada's Alexis Guimond (1:08.42) and Austria's Markus Salcher (1:09.06).

Those efforts earned Puig 29 points from the first race and 50 from the second, lifting him to fifth overall with 177 points entering St Moritz—where he also ranks fifth in downhill (79 points), seventh in alpine combined (36), and eighth in super-G (62). The Santa Caterina fourth was his 23rd career top-10.

Puig remains in St Moritz this weekend for a second giant slalom and a slalom.