Emily Brydon (Fernie, BC) finished ninth in today’s World Cup super-G in St. Moritz, SUI, the final ladies World Cup race before the start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver / Whistler, BC.

Today’s race is on Rogers Sportsnet for the second consecutive day, beginning at 3 p.m. in the Eastern and Western viewing region / 2 p.m. in Ontario / 8 p.m. Pacific.

There were plenty of positives today for Brydon, who had the second fastest time on the bottom of the course. She finished with a total time of one minute 02.41 seconds, within half a second of the podium.

The only one faster on the bottom of the course than Brydon was American Lindsey Vonn, who won the race in 1:01.77. With the win, Vonn’s 440 World Cup points in the discipline is already enough to wrap up the ladies World Cup SG Crystal Globe with two races still remaining.

Shona Rubens (Canmore, AB) continued her impressive weekend in St. Moritz, finishing 18th, a career best in the SG. Her final time was 1:02.81.

“There are definitely positives that we can take out of St. Moritz,” said Patrick Riml, director of Canada’s ladies alpine ski team. “Shona skied well this weekend, pushing hard and racing like we all know she is capable of.”

“With Emily, it was a bit of a struggle yesterday (in the downhill), she was a little bit passive. Today was much better. She skied well and is not far from the podium,” Riml said. “Now they’ve got a couple of days to rest before refocusing and getting some high-quality training in Canada prior to the Games.”

Brydon enters the Olympic break as the top Canadian, 22nd in the World Cup SG standings.

Marie-Michèle Gagnon (Lac-Etchemin, QC), who has been racing and training in Europe since early November, did not compete today to get a little extra rest prior to the Olympic Winter Games.

Second place in today’s race was a tie between Andrea Fischbacher of Austria and France’s Marie Marchand-Arvier. Both were 0.17s behind Vonn.