Swiss sweep again. Von Allmen beats Odermatt in World Cup downhill and takes title race to the US
Von Allmen, the new world champion aged just 23, finished 0.28 seconds ahead of Odermatt, who needed an agile recovery midway down the 1994 Olympics slope to stay upright.
Stefan Rogentin completed a Swiss sweep of the podium in third, trailing 0.38 behind Von Allmen. The result was unofficial as low-ranked skiers raced.
Switzerland waited 29 years to finish 1-2-3 in a World Cup men's downhill at Crans-Montana on Feb. 22. The next one came just 14 days later.
Both times Von Allmen won and Odermatt was runner-up. Odermatt smiled in the finish area Saturday and as a show of respect pointed toward his good friend sitting course-side in the leader's box.
In both of Odermatt's downhill wins this season — at Val Gardena, Italy in December and storied Swiss venue Wengen in January — Von Allmen was second.
Von Allmen earned 100 World Cup points and Odermatt got 80. That cut Odermatt's lead in the downhill standings to 83 and he needs just a top-14 result on March 22 at Sun Valley, Idaho, to retain his downhill title.
Odermatt is cruising toward a fourth straight overall World Cup title with a 520-point lead over Henrik Kristoffersen, who races only in slalom and giant slalom. The 27-year-old Odermatt can confirm his title Sunday by winning a scheduled super-G.
Von Allmen's breakout season now counts two wins in World Cup downhills, one in super-G and two worlds gold medals last month at Saalbach, Austria, in downhill and team combined.
He clocked the fastest speed Saturday at close to 130 kph (81 mph) — slicker than the squirrels caught on camera scampering across the snow to the forest behind the safety fences — on the 3.04-kilometer (1.9-mile) course used at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games
Italian star Dominik Paris had denied Switzerland victory in Friday's downhill when Odermatt was second and Rogentin third. Paris placed sixth Saturday trailing 0.59 behind Von Allmen.
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