Jared Goldberg makes first Alpine skiing World Cup podium in 168th start

American Jared Goldberg finished one hundredth of a second behind Italian winner Mattia Casse to make his first Alpine skiing World Cup podium in his 168th career start on Friday.

Goldberg, 33 and a two-time Olympian, was runner-up in a super-G in Val Gardena, Italy. Casse, 34, earned his first World Cup victory on home snow.

Goldberg’s best previous World Cup finish was fourth in January 2023 at the famed Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbühel, Austria.

He debuted on the World Cup in November 2012 and raced at the Olympics in 2014 and 2018 with a best finish of 11th in the combined in Sochi. He has traveled around the world with a guitar since age 16.

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On Friday, the Salt Lake City native Goldberg became the first American man to make an Alpine World Cup podium since February (River Radamus) and the first American man to make a World Cup super-G podium since 2021 (Travis Ganong).

The U.S. men have had more success at Val Gardena than any other World Cup stop over the last decade. That included downhill victories from Bryce Bennett in 2021 and 2023.

Val Gardena hosts another downhill on Saturday.