Andorran Skiers Verdú 20th in Adelboden GS, Moreno and Caminal Struggle in Zauchensee DH

Andorran skier Joan Verdú finished 20th in the men's World Cup giant slalom in Adelboden, Switzerland, on Saturday, earning 11 World Cup points and climbing to 22nd in the discipline standings with 60 points total.

Starting with bib 21, Verdú posted the 20th-fastest first-run time of 1:16.38, 1.98 seconds behind leader Marco Odermatt of Switzerland. He held strong early, losing just 0.25 seconds in the first sector and 0.35 in the second, but dropped 0.88 in the third and 0.50 in the fourth after a late entry to the iconic wall and a long left-foot exit that cost speed. Heavy snow complicated the second run, where he opened aggressively—down 0.22 seconds initially—but fell to 0.42 in the second sector and 1.05 in the third after drifting off line and braking before the wall. His 1:17.76 was the 19th-best partial, 1.92 seconds off River Radamus of the US, for a combined 2:34.14—2.91 seconds behind Odermatt's winning 2:31.23. Odermatt claimed his fifth straight victory there, ahead of Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (+0.49) and France's Leo Anguenot (+0.68).

In Zauchensee, Austria, Cande Moreno and Jordina Caminal struggled in Saturday's women's World Cup downhill amid intense snow, low visibility, and a shortened course starting below the reserve line. Moreno, bib 53, placed 52nd in 1:09.34, 3.10 seconds behind winner Lindsey Vonn of the US (1:06.24), after a first-sector error that sapped speed (47th, 53rd, 44th partials). Caminal, bib 51 and on her World Cup debut, was 53rd in 1:09.46 (+3.22), with progressive partials (47th, 51st, 40th). Moreno called it "a very complicated race... well below our expectations," targeting a top-20 in Sunday's noon super-G. Caminal described it as "a war against the weather" and plans to race European Cup speed events in Pass Thurn from January 12-15. Coach Xoque Bellsolà noted the degrading snow after bib 40.

Earlier Thursday training saw Moreno 19th (bib 54, 1:21.76, +1.26 to Kira Weidle-Winkelmann) with strong first (13th) and final (12th) sectors, and Caminal 54th (bib 52, 1:24.14, +3.64), building speed progressively. A second session ran Friday despite weather delays.

Xavier Cornella led Andorran men with victory in Thursday's second FIS slalom in Valle di Casies, Italy, clocking 1:18.73 for 23 FIS points—0.12 seconds ahead of Italy's Hans Peter Picco and matching his December 29 Soldeu win, taking both runs. Matteo Avesani was third, Bartumeu Gabriel sixth (+1.11), and Àlex Rius eighth (+1.29).

Íria Medina raced Women's European Cup giant slaloms in Sestriere, Italy, Friday and Saturday (first runs 10 a.m., seconds 12:30 p.m.). Her season includes third at Pass Thurn (30.36 FIS points), top-10s in Kaltenbach, 35th and DNF in Mayrhofen, 63rd and DNF in Ahrntal slaloms, and a Soldeu FIS slalom win.