The hosts of those 2014 Games finished with 4,885 points, followed by Austria with 3,725 points and France in third place with 3,454 points.

Today's super combined event was cancelled because of rainy weather conditions, which meant the trophy for the speed events was given out based on the downhill results, and trophies were also awarded for the overall winner in each category.

Russia's Alexandra Frantseva (pictured top) and guide Pavel Zabotin won the women's visually impaired speed event trophy with 180 points, while Briton Jade Etherington and guide John Clark came second with 130 points and the United States' Danelle Umstead and guide Rob Umstead third with 100.

Frantseva also won the overall women's visually impaired trophy with 1,080 points and her nearest rival, Slovakia's Henrieta Farkašová with guide Natália Šubrtová had 660 points before being injured a few weeks ago at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina.

Australia's Melissa Perrine and guide Andy Bor was named in third place with 365 points.

France's Vincent Gauthier-Manuel won the men's standing speed event trophy with the maximum 200 points and Russia's Alexey Bugaev came second with 140 points, ahead of Austria's Matthias Lanzinger close behind with 130.

The 16-year-old Bugaev took the men's standing trophy with 940 points, while Lanzinger had to contend with second place on 800 points and Gauthier-Manuel third with 715 points.

The German women also swept the field, with Andrea Rothfuss and Ana Schaffelhuber taking home multiple trophies.

Rothfuss and France's Marie Bochet had joint-first place in the women's standing speed events as both had 180 points after taking a gold and silver each in the downhill.


Russia's Inga Medvedeva and American Allison Jones had joint-third place with 110 points.

Rothfuss also won the overall women's standing trophy with 926 points, followed by five-time world champion this year Bochet, who was not far behind with 880 points.

Jones finished third with 715.

"I won four World Cup trophies," said Rothfuss.

"The performances in the races itself was not good, but all in all it was good."

Meanwhile, Schaffelhuber dominated the women's sitting speed events, taking the trophy with 200 points ahead of Austria's Claudia Loesch, who was second with 80 points, and American Alana Nichols with 60 points.

Schaffelhuber also stormed to victory to take the overall women's sitting trophy with 1,080 points, while Loesch again had to settle for second place with 880 points and the US' Laurie Stephens third with 590.

"I think it was a good season," Schaffelhuber said.

"In speed it was really good – I really improved and I'm really looking forward to Sochi now.

"I need to improve some technical things, but my new mono-ski is much better, so I'm really happy."


Spaniard Jon Santacana and guide Miguel Galindo Garces took home the men's visually impaired speed event trophy after winning both downhill runs.

Italy's Alessandro Daldoss and guide Maros Hudik came second with 130 points, while Canada's Chris Williamson and his guide Robin Femy were third on 110.

Santacana also had a comfortable lead to take the men's visually impaired trophy with 820 points ahead of Slovakia's Jakub Krako and guide Martin Motyka in second place with 653 points, followed closely by Frantseva's brother, Ivan Frantseva and guide German Agranovskii who had 646 points.

"The high points of this season have been the three medals in the World Championships and the overall in the World Cup, because it's very difficult," said Santacana, who also won last season.

American Tyler Walker secured the men's sitting speed event trophy with 145 points, with France's Yohann Taberlet very close behind with 140 points and Walker's teammate Christopher Devlin-Young in third place on 100.


The men's sitting overall trophy was won by Japan's Takeshi Suzuki who finished on 766 points, while his teammate Taiki Morii came second with 573 points and Germany's Thomas Nolte was just behind with 544.

"This year has gone really well for me," said Suzuki.

"The men's sitting class is really difficult.

"All the athletes are very close together in times, so it's really fun to compete."

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