Marco Odermat won his seventh consecutive Alpine World Cup giant slalom. The 26-year-old Swiss overtook his great rival Alexander Omod Kilde (Norway), who reached the first podium in this discipline. The competition was held in Adelboden, Switzerland
Odermatt led by more than a second after the first run, which was cut short due to fog, and eventually triumphed by a full 1.26 seconds over Kilde.
The trio was completed by Filip Zubcic (Croatia), who progressed nine places in the second downhill to finish on the podium, 1.77 behind the winner.
River Radamus (USA), who was 20th after the first downhill, fought back to fourth place after being fastest in the second run. Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway) completed the five. He was 1.97 seconds behind. behind Odermatt.
Odermatt leads the World Cup standings with 736 points, ahead of Austrian Marco Schwartz with 464, who is sidelined with an injury. Kildee is third on 320 points, but this first podium in the giant slalom and the upcoming races in the speed events could help him close in on the Swiss.
For the small World Cup, Odermat leads with a total asset of 400 points, ahead of Zubcic, who has 240 points. /BGNES
