Marco Odermatt completes Cortina d'Ampezzo Super G double
The Swiss star won on the Olympia delle Tofane for the second time in 24 hours to all but clinch the Super G title with nearest rival Aleksander Aamodt Kilde missing a gate.
Alpine Skiing
Marco Odermatt made it two Alpine Ski World Cup Super G wins in the space of 24 hours at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday (29 January).
And the Swiss all but clinched the series title as nearest rival Aleksander Aamodt Kilde missed a gate on the Delta turn on the top half of the course.
Home favourite Dominik Paris (+0.76) was second ahead of Austria's Daniel Hemetsberger (+1.03) with 33-year-old German Andreas Sander (+1.07) equalling his career-best World Cup finish in fourth.
Vincent Kriechmayr was faster than anyone at the top of the descent, but a mistake on the Delta turn cost him valuable time as he ended up in fifth.
Odermatt took the bravest of lines on that left-hand Delta turn, just making the next gate. And despite still recovering from a knee injury sustained a week ago at Kitzbühel, he skied superbly the rest of the way down to win by over three-quarters of a second.
The 25-year-old's fourth Super G victory - the 19th World Cup win of his career - extended his lead over Kilde to 148 points with just two races remaining.
Odermatt also strengthened his grip on the overall World Cup title, taking a handy advantage of 313 points over his Norwegian rival into the World Championship break.
Results from World Cup Super G at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Sunday 29 January (top 10):
- Marco Odermatt (SUI) 1:25.13
- Dominik Paris (ITA) +0.76
- Daniel Hemetsberger (AUT) +1.03
- Andreas Sander (GER) +1.07
- Vincent Kriechmayr (AUT) +1.09
- Alexis Pinturault (FRA) +1.10
- Justin Murisier (SUI) +1.21
- Raphael Haaser (AUT) +1.23
- Guglielmo Bosca (ITA) +1.35
- Christof Innerhofer (ITA) +1.45