Swiss ski ace Odermatt secures overall World Cup title
Marco Odermatt has finished second behind Swiss teammate Loic Meillard in a World Cup giant slalom in Norway to formally lock up his fourth straight overall and GS titles.
The only remaining challenger for the overall title, Henrik Kristoffersen, needed to finish the race well ahead of Odermatt to keep his mathematical chance alive, but the Norwegian finished in 16th place on Saturday.
Odermatt extended his lead to an insurmountable 635 points over Kristoffersen in the overall standings, with only five events remaining.
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Clinching the title was a formality since Kristoffersen doesn't compete in speed events, though the Norwegian would have the right to start in super-G and downhill at the World Cup finals in Sun Valley, Idaho, which begin next weekend.
The result also seals Odermatt's giant slalom season's triumph, with runner-up Kristoffersen trailing by 106 points with only the season-ending race at the finals remaining.
Odermatt started the season with two DNFs in giant slalom, leaving him on zero points after two races, but he won three times over the course of the season.
Odermatt becomes the sixth skier in men's World Cup history with at least four overall titles, but only the second to win four in a row after Austrian great Marcel Hirscher won a record eight consecutive titles between 2012 and 19.
It has become typical for Odermatt to lock up the overall title even before the season-ending races at the World Cup finals.
His point-advantages in the final standings has only grown over the years, from leading runner-up Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by 467 and 702 points, respectively, in his first two years as overall champion, to beating Meillard by 874 points last season.
Odermatt already secured the super-G championship last week and is favourite to add the downhill title as well. Winning four globes would mean a repeat of his 'grand slam' from last season.
On Saturday, Meillard led a Swiss sweep of the podium, leading Odermatt by 0.14 seconds and third-place Thomas Tumler by 0.23.
World champion Raphael Haaser had a nasty crash when the Austrian straddled a gate, went airborne and landed on his upper back. He was attended to by medics and got up with a bloodied face before sliding down to the finish area on one ski.
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