"I do like this course. With two wins, I can't say different," Gut said. "It's interesting and it's difficult, but not too much. The snow is great. The setting was fine. It was fun to ski on these slopes."
What looked like an impressive day on the hill for Austria turning in three of the top four performances was dampened a bit after the race when Goergl was disqualified. Her ski width in front of her binding was too wide.
That moved Hosp up a spot and onto the podium.
"I'm really sorry for Elisabeth," Hosp said. "The rules, they are here. You have to be inside the rules. I'm lucky today."
There's no luck involved with Gut, who was fast all week in training and keeps finding the fastest ways down the mountain, even when she makes mistakes.
Gut also captured a giant slalom race in Soelden, Austria this season. She's looking like the clear favorite to win the overall title this season, maybe even some Olympic medals at the Sochi Games.
Asked if she's perhaps peaking too soon, especially with Sochi still more than two months away, Gut quickly dismissed that notion.
"I'm working every day to get faster," said Gut, who missed the Vancouver Games because of a dislocated hip. "I'm going to be even faster then."
For the moment, Gut is simply on a different level than everyone else.
There could be another racer in the starting gate next week at Lake Louise, as Lindsey Vonn hopes to return at the venue she's dominated so much that it's become known as "Lake Lindsey."
Vonn was originally planning a return for this race after tearing ligaments in her knee during an accident at the world championships in February. She was right on pace, too, before her crash during training last week at the speed center in Copper Mountain.
Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who is good friends with Vonn, said the two are planning to travel together to Lake Louise on Monday.
"I'm looking forward to seeing her back on the race track next week," Hoefl-Riesch said. "If she feels well, I think this can be a good comeback. She will be hot for a top result, of course."