PARIS: Alexis Pinturault is to skip the World Cup super-G race scheduled for Sunday on the Jeongseon piste that will be used for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.
The French winner of the Kitzbuehel combined event, who was to race all the season's super-G events in a bid to push for the overall title, will instead focus on a week of technical training ahead of the February 13-14 giant slalom and slalom races in the Japanese resort of Yuzawa Naeba.
After Japan, racers will return to Europe, with Pinturault targeting more success in the Chamonix super-combined on February 19.
It was an all-French podium in the Kitzbuehel combined last month, Pinturualt joined on the podium by Victor Muffat-Jeandet and Thomas Mermillod Blondin.
Before Chamonix, Muffat-Jeandet, standing second in the giant slalom standings, will race in Japan, while Mermillod Blondin has opted for Sunday's super-G in Jeongseon.
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