US EditionMarco Odermatt Sets up Record 4th Downhill Victory in Wengen to Assert Status as Olympic Favorite
- Marco Odermatt, Swiss ski star, captured a fourth Wengen downhill on Saturday, breaking a tie with Franz Klammer and Beat Feuz as his wins came in succession.
- Strong winds forced race organizers to drastically shorten the Lauberhorn course, making the narrow Kernen S section decisive as Odermatt carried the fastest exit speed.
- Odermatt finished 0.79 seconds clear of Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr and 0.90 ahead of Italy's Giovanni Franzoni, while Dominik Paris registered the top speed at 151.57 kph.
- The victory was Odermatt's 52nd World Cup win, moving him within two of Hermann Maier and cementing his status as an Olympic favorite after his 2022 Beijing Olympics gold.
- It's the first of two classic-venue weekends with Kitzbuehel, Austria next, before attention shifts to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy where men will ski in Bormio.
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Since the introduction of the Ski World Cup in 1967, no driver has yet won the Lauberhorn descent four times. In the interview Odermatt says why he succeeded.
At the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Wengen, Switzerland, World Cup leader Marco Odermatt won first place in the downhill.
The Swiss Marco Odermatt once again wins the traditional Lauberhorn descent in Wengen. The competition seems increasingly perplexed.
Marco Odermatt is the winner of the downhill in Wengen, where Miha Hrobat once again failed to live up to high expectations. This time, Martin Čater also beat him.
At the downhill classic in Wengen there can be only one winner: local hero Marco Odermatt strikes back after the little disappointment in the Super-G. On the shortened track, the Swiss is riding in their own league.
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