World Cup Leader Pinturault Fastest In 1st Giant Slalom Run
3 years, 11 months ago

World Cup Leader Pinturault Fastest In 1st Giant Slalom Run

News 18  

ADELBODEN, Switzerland: French skier Alexis Pinturault stretched his lead at the top of the overall World Cup standings by winning a giant slalom on Friday, posting the fastest time in both runs. Marco Odermatt was third, 1.11 back, to retain a small lead over Pinturault in the season-long giant slalom standings. The Frenchmans second career win in Adelboden was the 32nd of his World Cup career, one behind Bode Miller, who is ninth on the mens all-time list. A second giant slalom is scheduled for Saturday, a race that would normally draw more than 25,000 noisy Swiss fans in a normal season.

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Odermatt becomes Switzerland’s most successful male skier with another GS win on the Gran Risa
1 day, 7 hours ago

Odermatt becomes Switzerland’s most successful male skier with another GS win on the Gran Risa

Associated Press  

LA VILLA, Italy — Marco Odermatt is back to his imperious best. Odermatt followed up his first win in Val Gardena in Saturday’s downhill by winning a World Cup giant slalom on Sunday as he continued to dominate the Gran Risa to become Switzerland’s most successful male skier. It was Odermatt’s 41st World Cup victory, putting the three-time defending overall …

Marco Odermatt uses a second-run comeback for his 12th World Cup giant slalom win in a row
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Marco Odermatt uses a second-run comeback for his 12th World Cup giant slalom win in a row

Associated Press  

ASPEN, Colo. — Marco Odermatt recovered from a first run that left him trailing and a poor start in the second to pull out a victory and extend his World Cup giant slalom winning streak to 12 races, aided by a major mistake by the last skier down the hill Saturday. His combined time was 0.34 seconds better than Swiss …

German skier Linus Strasser wins 2nd classic World Cup slalom in Austria in four days
10 months, 4 weeks ago

German skier Linus Strasser wins 2nd classic World Cup slalom in Austria in four days

Associated Press  

SCHLADMING, Austria — Linus Strasser became the first German skier in 34 years to win two men’s World Cup slaloms in a row by triumphing at a night race Wednesday, three days after he won the slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm event in Kitzbuehel. Two years ago, Strasser also won the annual night race — held at the venue of …

Swiss ski star Odermatt makes up big first-run deficit to win 8th straight World Cup giant slalom
11 months ago

Swiss ski star Odermatt makes up big first-run deficit to win 8th straight World Cup giant slalom

Associated Press  

SCHLADMING, Austria — Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt remains close to unbeatable in giant slalom, even when he unintentionally grants his rivals a head start of nearly a second. The Olympic champion came from far behind to win a floodlit World Cup giant slalom Tuesday and extend his winning streak in the discipline to eight races. After 27 seconds into …

French skier Sarrazin beats Odermatt for his 2nd Kitzbuehel downhill triumph in 2 days
11 months ago

French skier Sarrazin beats Odermatt for his 2nd Kitzbuehel downhill triumph in 2 days

Associated Press  

KITZBUEHEL, Austria — A former giant slalom specialist, Cyprien Sarrazin never raced a World Cup downhill until just over 13 months ago. Sarrazin mastered the demanding Streif course for a second time in 24 hours on Saturday, beating world champion Marco Odermatt to repeat his downhill triumph from the previous day. But Sarrazin stunned him with an all-attacking run down …

Swiss skier Odermatt wins GS, sets World Cup points record
1 year, 9 months ago

Swiss skier Odermatt wins GS, sets World Cup points record

Associated Press  

SOLDEU, Andorra — Marco Odermatt underlined his dominance in men’s ski racing Saturday by breaking the 23-year-old male record for most World Cup points in a single season. The victory lifted Odermatt’s tally to 2,042 points and past the previous mark of 2,000 set by Austrian great Hermann Maier in the 1999-2000 season. Theoretically, Odermatt had a chance to add …

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt wins GS, locks up overall title
1 year, 9 months ago

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt wins GS, locks up overall title

Associated Press  

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia — Olympic champion Marco Odermatt won a men’s World Cup giant slalom Saturday as the Swiss skier locked up the overall title. Odermatt, who is the defending overall champion, secured the title again as the victory increased his lead over runner-up Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in the overall standings to 486 points. “It wasn’t easy to ski but …

Odermatt wins for Swiss in classic World Cup giant slalom
2 years, 11 months ago

Odermatt wins for Swiss in classic World Cup giant slalom

Associated Press  

ADELBODEN, Switzerland — Marco Odermatt’s dominant season in World Cup giant slalom delivered Switzerland the win it craved after a 14-year wait in its classic home race on Saturday. Odermatt now has four wins and a runner-up finish in five giant slaloms this season and is the expected strong favorite in the next — at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. …

Marco Odermatt wins grand slalom World Cup, ends 10-year Swiss drought
4 years ago

Marco Odermatt wins grand slalom World Cup, ends 10-year Swiss drought

Firstpost  

Odermatt became the first GS winner from Switzerland since Carlo Janka, who was the reigning overall champion when he won in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, in March 2011. Santa Caterina Vulfurva : Marco Odermatt fulfilled his potential on Monday by becoming the first Swiss skier to win a men’s World Cup giant slalom in nearly 10 years. Ever since winning giant …

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