ARE, Sweden — Aksel Lund Svindal finished second in the final super-G of the season to clinch the discipline title on Thursday at the World Cup finals.

The Norwegian, skiing despite a cold, also won the super-G title in 2007.

With his podium finish, Svindal increased his lead in the overall standings to 1,009 points.

Werner Heel of Italy won the race, clocking 1 minute, 13.41 seconds down the 1.3-mile Olympia course. It was his third career-win and his second in the super-G.

Svindal was 0.07 behind. Third place went to another Italian, Christof Innerhofer, who was 0.20 back.

Svindal never hesitated to ski despite his cold.

"I slept bad and had high fever," he said at the finishing area.

Benjamin Raich, the 2006 overall champion from Austria, missed the podium by just 0.01 in fourth place. He held second place (907 points), but lost ground on Svindal in the chase for the overall title.

Still, Raich has his two best disciplines coming up: the slalom and the giant slalom.

Svindal topped the final super-G standings with 292 points. Heel was second with 256 and Didier Defago of Switzerland third with 242.

Hermann Maier, the 36-year-old Austrian great, led the standings going into the race, but made an early mistake and was never in contention the rest of the way.

Maier, a four-time World Cup overall champion and five-time super-G champion, shook his head several times when he left the finishing area. One of the oldest skiers on the circuit, Maier wound up fourth in the super-G standings.