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 …
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 …
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, …
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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