River Radamus is heading home with some momentum.

The Edwards skier finished seventh in the final giant slalom race of the World Cup regular season on Saturday in Hafjell, Norway. Radamus raced the Olympia-loypa course in a two-run time of 2 minutes, 19.70 seconds.

“It’s awesome. They’ve done a phenomenal job with the help prep here. One of the best we’ve seen all year; it was really fun to ski,” Radamus told assembled media after capturing his fourth top-10 finish of the season. “The crowd is awesome — it’s not quite Trondheim — but there’s a lot of people here still to cheer us on and we all just want to put a show on for you guys.”

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Loic Meillard (2:18.20) led a Swiss sweep of the podium as Marco Odermatt finished 0.14 seconds back for silver and Thomas Tumler (2:18.43) took the bronze. Radamus wasn’t perfect on his second run — where he posted the 23rd-fastest time — but was happy to be more consistent across both efforts.

“Of course, yeah, I’d like to be standing on the podium today but I’ve been struggling a bit with my skiing,” he said. “It’s been up and down — I’ve had one fast run and one slow run all season long. I had two that I was pretty happy with — I still have some stuff to clean up but I think it was a step in the right direction.”

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Meillard, the world champion in the slalom, wound up winning both events over the weekend.

“I knew what to do, I knew on what to focus and I know also that it’s a slope where you have to work all the time,” Meillard told FIS. “A simple mistake can cost a lot so I just tried to give it all, tried to always do the same movement with the right technique and it paid off.”

Odermatt secured his fourth-straight overall and giant slalom globes.

“I just won my fourth Globe in a row in GS, so that was definitely something I can be happy about and not be sad about the second place,” said Odermatt, who enters the World Cup Finals as the downhill and super-G leader, too.

“I’m very happy with the race. I struggled a little bit with my GS skiing, how I did the last couple of weeks. I couldn’t find the same flow as I had last year,” Odermatt continued. “So I’m still very proud that I managed race by race, run by run, to be in this top position and fight for the victories. To push yourself over and over and over again in a long season is very tough, so I’m happy that this very successful Norway trip for me is over and now just a cool final week in Sun Valley.”

The U.S. Ski Team is sending 14 athletes to the World Cup Finals, held in Sun Valley from March 22-27. Only the top-25 athletes in each discipline at the conclusion of the regular FIS Alpine World Cup season qualified for the event. Radamus — ranked 11th in the GS standings — will join Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Nina O’Brien and Paula Moltzan amongst others.

“Skiing at home is always special,” stated Sophie Goldschmidt, U.S. Ski and Snowboard president and CEO in a press release on Monday. “From Mikaela’s historic 100th win to Lindsey’s impressive comeback and several others making their mark with great performances, this team continues to inspire. We’re excited to close out the season in front of an enthusiastic home crowd and celebrate their achievements.”

Vonn is ranked 17th and 19th in the super-G and downhill, respectively, while Shiffrin is sixth in the slalom. Fellow SSCV alumnus Kyle Negomir narrowly missed making the cut after a late-season charge placed him 31st in the super-G standings.

“A touch late as per usual, but that’s it for my World Cup season this year,” Negomir posted on social media last weekend. The 26-year-old was 20th in the super-G in Crans Montana on Feb. 23 and had a pair of top-25 finishes in Kvitfjell, Norway in the final speed weekend of the year earlier this month.

“Too little too late meant I fell just outside the top-25 needed for World Cup Finals. C’est la vie,” his Instagram post continued. “Slowly learning the various frustrations that come with ski racing for a living, but trying to never forget what a privilege it is to do the sport I love in front of so many people with so many friends along the way. Love and appreciate you all.”

Negomir plans to finish his season in Vail at U.S. Nationals at the end of the month.