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

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 …

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Odermatt finally wins in Gardena as he dominates a World Cup downhill

Associated Press

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy — Marco Odermatt finally conquered the Saslong and the Swiss standout did it in style. Odermatt put down what he called “one of my best” downhill runs on Saturday to win a World Cup race in Val Gardena as the three-time overall World Cup champion looked like back to his imperious best. It was Odermatt’s …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Odermatt wins giant slalom in Val d'Isere as Noel crashes out

Hindustan Times

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt bounced back to form in the giant slalom, his favourite event, to take his first victory in the discipline this season at Val d'Isere on Saturday. HT Image The 27-year-old, who failed to finish in his two previous giant slaloms this season, was quickest in the first run down the Face de Bellevarde before clinging on …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Swiss stars Odermatt, Gut-Behrami top prize money list for Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit

Associated Press

GENEVA — Swiss stars Marco Odermatt and Lara Gut-Behrami earned the most money on Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit this season, although the two overall champions made less than the record $1 million totals of one year ago. Odermatt again won 13 races to earn 810,000 Swiss francs in prize money, compared to his total of 941,200 Swiss francs last …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Swiss skier Meillard wins last GS of season as Odermatt misses 45-year-old record

Associated Press

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Marco Odermatt failed to complete a perfect giant slalom season Saturday at the World Cup finals, where the Swiss star skied out in the second run while holding a commanding lead over eventual winner Loic Meillard. If you want to win, you have to take risks and then mistakes can happen,” said Odermatt, who is the Olympic …

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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 …

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10 months ago

Niels Hintermann wins downhill as Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt finishes 7th. US has six in top 20

Associated Press

KVITFJELL, Norway — On a rare day with dominant World Cup skier Marco Odermatt absent from the podium, his teammate Niels Hintermann stepped up to earn Switzerland victory in a downhill on Saturday. It’s not the most difficult track we have in World Cup, but it’s quite tough to be fast.” Hintermann has six podiums in downhill, including three in …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

French skier Allegre upsets favorites in World Cup super-G for 1st career win. Odermatt places 4th

Associated Press

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — French skier Nils Allegre sped to his first career World Cup victory Saturday as two late starters upset the higher-ranked favorites at a tight super-G on the classic Kandahar course. “It’s a good day, I had a perfect feeling on my ski from the top to the bottom, I feel really confident on it, I can push …

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10 months, 4 weeks 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 …

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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 …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Ski star Kilde dislocated shoulder in crash, posts photo from hospital with Shiffrin at bedside

Associated Press

BERN, Switzerland — Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde dislocated his shoulder in a nasty crash and posted a photograph Sunday with partner Mikaela Shiffrin at his bedside in a hospital in Bern where he had surgery. Shiffrin is next due to race in Austria on Tuesday and the American ski superstar came to the Swiss capital after her partner’s crash …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Odermatt edges Sarrazin in World Cup downhill marred by serious crash for Kilde

Associated Press

WENGEN, Switzerland — A serious crash for his friend and biggest rival Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, who was airlifted to a hospital, took some pleasure away from a stellar win for Swiss star Marco Odermatt in his nation’s signature ski race on Saturday. “A bitter-sweet day, for sure, when you see a friend like Alex crashing that hard,” said Odermatt, calling …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde airlifted from downhill course after crashing hard at Wengen

Associated Press

WENGEN, Switzerland — Downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde crashed hard into the fences within sight of the finish in the long Lauberhorn race in the World Cup on Saturday and seemed to have injured his right leg before being airlifted to a hospital. For the second straight day at Wengen, a former men’s overall World Cup champion was carried away …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Ski star Marco Odermatt finally gets a first World Cup downhill win by excelling at Wengen

Associated Press

WENGEN, Switzerland — Marco Odermatt finally won a World Cup downhill Thursday in his 36th attempt, after eight previous second-place finishes. The Swiss star, who has 29 World Cup wins in giant slalom and super-G, was close to flawless in ideal racing conditions on his home nation’s signature downhill track to be 0.58 seconds faster than Cyprien Sarrazin. I skied …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Overall World Cup leader Schwarz suffers season-ending knee injury. Sarrazin wins Stelvio downhill

Associated Press

BORMIO, Italy — Overall World Cup leader Marco Schwarz suffered a season-ending knee injury Thursday at an eventful downhill on the Stelvio, one of the circuit’s most demanding courses, that was won by French skier Cyprien Sarrazin. The Austrian Ski Federation said on X, formerly Twitter, that Schwarz tore his ligaments and the inside meniscus, and bruised a bone, adding …

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1 year ago

Austrian skier Schwarz wins night race in Italy to go top of overall and slalom standings

Associated Press

MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy — Marco Schwarz’s mission to challenge Swiss dominator Marco Odermatt for the overall World Cup ski title is on track. British skier Dave Ryding posted the second fastest time in the final run and climbed from 15th to third place for his seventh career podium finish. But you need the big points, like ‘Odi’ is getting …

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1 year ago

Kriechmayr leads Austrian 1-2 in Val Gardena super-G with Odermatt third

Associated Press

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy — Former world champion Vincent Kriechmayr led a strong Austrian showing to win a high-speed super-G in Val Gardena on Friday. For his 17th career World Cup win — split almost evenly between downhill and super-G — Kriechmayr finished a narrow 0.02 seconds ahead of teammate Daniel Hemetsberger. “It was probably one of the easiest …

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1 year ago

American skier Bennett surprises favorites Kilde, Odermatt to win Val Gardena downhill again

Associated Press

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy — American skier Bryce Bennett surprised the favorites by winning the Val Gardena downhill with a late start number as the men’s World Cup speed season finally opened on Thursday a month later than scheduled. The two-meter Bennett used his tall frame to absorb the terrain in the technical Ciaslat section that characterizes the course, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Wind cancels men’s World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading

Associated Press

SOELDEN, Austria — Strong winds forced the cancellation of the season-opening men’s World Cup giant slalom Sunday after 47 of the 73 skiers in the first run had started. Austrian skier Marco Schwarz was leading the race, underlining his ambitions to compete for the World Cup overall title. The Swiss skier, world and Olympic champion in the discipline, won 12 …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Shiffrin, Odermatt are favorites again as Alpine skiing season starts amid climate change issues

Associated Press

SOELDEN, Austria — Just a fraction of the talk in the buildup to this weekend’s Alpine skiing World Cup opening has been about who will win the races or if Mikaela Shiffrin and Marco Odermatt are going to dominate the season again. Protect Our Winters, a Colorado-based non-profit organization focused on environmental issues, said Thursday on its Instagram page that …

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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 …

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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 …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Odermatt wins World Cup super-G, secures title in discipline

Associated Press

ASPEN, Colo. — Marco Odermatt of Switzerland wrapped up another World Cup super-G title by winning the race in Aspen on Sunday with a smooth run through a challenging course. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway finished third a day after earning his second straight World Cup downhill title. Odermatt also moved a step closer to securing his second straight overall …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Odermatt wins 2nd gold at worlds -- just like Zurbriggen

Associated Press

COURCHEVEL, France — Marco Odermatt was still a 5-year-old boy when his father first met Swiss skiing great Pirmin Zurbriggen in 2002. On Friday, Walter Odermatt wiped away tears when he and his wife Priska witnessed their son win a giant slalom to become the first Swiss man since Zurbriggen 36 years ago to earn two gold medals at the …

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

Odermatt finally wins in Gardena as he dominates a World Cup downhill

Odermatt wins giant slalom in Val d'Isere as Noel crashes out

Swiss stars Odermatt, Gut-Behrami top prize money list for Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit

Swiss skier Meillard wins last GS of season as Odermatt misses 45-year-old record

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

Niels Hintermann wins downhill as Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt finishes 7th. US has six in top 20

French skier Allegre upsets favorites in World Cup super-G for 1st career win. Odermatt places 4th

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

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

Ski star Kilde dislocated shoulder in crash, posts photo from hospital with Shiffrin at bedside

Odermatt edges Sarrazin in World Cup downhill marred by serious crash for Kilde

Ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde airlifted from downhill course after crashing hard at Wengen

Ski star Marco Odermatt finally gets a first World Cup downhill win by excelling at Wengen

Overall World Cup leader Schwarz suffers season-ending knee injury. Sarrazin wins Stelvio downhill

Austrian skier Schwarz wins night race in Italy to go top of overall and slalom standings

Kriechmayr leads Austrian 1-2 in Val Gardena super-G with Odermatt third

American skier Bennett surprises favorites Kilde, Odermatt to win Val Gardena downhill again

Wind cancels men’s World Cup season opener after 47 starters with Austrian skier Schwarz leading

Shiffrin, Odermatt are favorites again as Alpine skiing season starts amid climate change issues

Swiss skier Odermatt wins GS, sets World Cup points record

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt wins GS, locks up overall title

Odermatt wins World Cup super-G, secures title in discipline

Odermatt wins 2nd gold at worlds -- just like Zurbriggen