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Boston Globe
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Swiss star Marco Odermatt picks up latest crystal trophy and breaks it at World Cup finals
'I have some pieces of glass now to share with the coaches,' Odermatt cracked. 'It's a nice story.' Odermatt now has 13 World Cup season-long trophies — four in GS, two in downhill, three in super-G, and four for capturing the overall crown. He can afford to break a few. He's not planning on ordering a replacement trophy, either. Advertisement 'It will be a nice history about it,' he said of the broken GS award. Oops - Swiss racer Marco Odermatt accidentally broke the base of his crystal globe while celebrating for winning the season-long GS race … he said it makes for a nice story … — Patrick Graham (@pgraham34) Odermatt went into the final GS of the season with the crown already wrapped up. He finished the race runner-up to his teammate, Loic Meillard. Then, they received their hardware. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up First up was the medal ceremony for the winners of the race. Then, another ceremony to hand out trophies for the season-long standings, in which Odermatt was followed by Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen and Meillard. Odermatt was celebrating with his Swiss team when the accident happened. It's not the first time Odermatt has broken a trophy. He went out to celebrate his first World Cup podium finish in 2019 and dropped the trophy. 'I have half a piece of it still at home,' Odermatt said. 'It's a nice story.' As for Wednesday's race, Meillard held on to his first-run lead and cruised to the GS win on a sun-splashed course. Meillard finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 15.21 seconds on a warm day at Sun Valley. He beat Odermatt by 0.95 seconds, while Kristoffersen finished third. 'At the end, what's important is to push each other, try to learn from each other, to always get better year after year,' Meillard said of competing against his teammate, Odermatt. Switzerland's Loic Meillard won the men's giant slalom at the World Cup Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press Asked how well Odermatt is racing right now, Meillard cracked: 'At the moment, I guess I'm better. But [always] he's pretty good, yes.' Advertisement To think, Odermatt struggled to start the GS season with two 'DNFs' — did not finish. He finished on the podium in the next seven races, including three wins. 'Hopefully it's not bad luck' to break a trophy, Odermatt said with a laugh. 'It was probably a little bit of a symbol that my beginning of the season was not the very best. So after recovering from that, winning another globe was incredible.'
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Swiss star Marco Odermatt picks up latest crystal trophy and breaks it at World Cup finals
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — Marco Odermatt was in the finish area picking up the pieces after collecting his newest trophy. Because he broke it. Good thing the Swiss standout has plenty of them. Odermatt went to toss his giant slalom crystal globe — it's actually glass — into the air when it clanged off the medal around his neck Wednesday following the GS race at the World Cup finals. The base shattered into several shards. 'I have some pieces of glass now to share with the coaches,' Odermatt cracked. 'It's a nice story.' Odermatt now has 13 World Cup season-long trophies — four in GS, two in downhill, three in super-G and four for capturing the overall crown. He can afford to break a few. He's not planning on ordering a replacement trophy, either. 'It will be a nice history about it,' he said of the broken GS award. Odermatt went into the final GS of the season with the crown already wrapped up. He finished the race runner-up to his teammate, Loic Meillard. Then, they received their hardware. First up was the medal ceremony for the winners of the race. Then, another ceremony to hand out trophies for the season-long standings, in which Odermatt was followed by Norwegian ski racer Henrik Kristoffersen and Meillard. Odermatt was celebrating with his Swiss team when the accident happened. It's not the first time Odermatt has broken a trophy. He went out to celebrate his first World Cup podium finish in 2019 and dropped the trophy. 'I have half a piece of it still at home," Odermatt said. "It's a nice story.' As for Wednesday's race, Meillard held on to his first-run lead and cruised to the GS win on a sun-splashed course. Meillard finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 15.21 seconds on a warm day at Sun Valley. He beat Odermatt by 0.95 seconds, while Kristoffersen finished third. 'At the end, what's important is to push each other, try to learn from each other, to always get better year after year,' Meillard said of competing against his teammate, Odermatt. Asked how well Odermatt is racing right now, Meillard cracked: 'At the moment, I guess I'm better. But (always) he's pretty good, yes.' To think, Odermatt struggled to start the GS season with two 'DNFs' — did not finish. He finished on the podium in the next seven races, including three wins. 'Hopefully it's not bad luck' to break a trophy, Odermatt said with a laugh. 'It was probably a little bit of a symbol that my beginning of the season was not the very best. So after recovering from that, winning another globe was incredible.' ___ AP skiing: Pat Graham, The Associated Press
CBC
26-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Meillard navigates Sun Valley course to near perfection, breezes to men's giant slalom win
Swiss racer Loic Meillard held on to his first-run lead and cruised to a giant slalom win on a sun-splashed course Wednesday at the World Cup finals in Sun Valley, Idaho. Meillard finished in a combined time of two minutes 15.21 seconds on a warm day at Sun Valley. He held off Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt by 0.95 seconds, while Norwegian racer Henrik Kristoffersen finished third. Odermatt entered the final giant slalom race of the season with a fourth straight GS title already wrapped up. Kristoffersen wound up second in the GS standings and Meillard's performance vaulted him into third place. It was Meillard's fourth career World Cup GS win. He navigated the technical course to near perfection on a day when the temperature hovered around 9 C. There were no Canadians entered in the competition. Switzerland's Loic Meillard wins World Cup finals giant slalom race 59 minutes ago Duration 4:25 Swiss racer Loic Meillard defended his World Cup finals giant slalom title from last season, while also winning his second giant slalom race in a row, at the season-ending event in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Meillard wins men's giant slalom World Cup finale
Switzerland's Loic Meillard (Patrick T. Fallon) Loic Meillard led teammate Marco Odermatt to a Swiss one-two in the men's giant slalom at the World Cup finals at Sun Valley, Idaho, on Wednesday. Meillard, who won the world championship titles in slalom and team combined last month, clocked a winning aggregate time of 2min 15.21sec. The victory was Meillard's seventh career World Cup win and his fourth in the giant slalom. Meillard, who also won at last year's World Cup finals, had grabbed the lead after the opening run in 1:10.35 with Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen second, 0.53sec adrift. Advertisement Swiss star Odermatt -- who had already clinched the overall, downhill, super-G and giant slalom titles -- came in second at 0.95sec. "It's so much nicer to win the globe if I have a good result on this day," Odermatt said. "I gave it all once again. I had a big fight on the slope but it was really nice that I did enough for the podium." Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen was third in 2:16.35 with Pinheiro Braathen eventually finishing fourth (2:16.54). Odermatt, who has won the past four overall globes, captured his fourth consecutive giant slalom globe with 580 points to 454 for Kristoffersen and 434 for Meillard. Advertisement "It sometimes feels unbelievable," Odermatt said. "Also today, it's always so much hard work where you get into this zone again where you can push, where you can fight for the top spot. It can cost you so much energy and sometimes I don't know how I manage to do it. "It's just a nice feeling." Odermatt said he was proudest of keeping his form through the grind of a full season. "I think just having this consistency and pushing every day," he said. "And still stay a nice person. This is something important for me as well." Pinheiro Braathen, who represented Norway until March 2024, would have taken the first triumph for Brazil in any discipline in World Cup skiing. Advertisement Kristoffersen took a silver medal in giant slalom at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and captured the 2019 world title in the discipline. The World Cup finals conclude Thursday with men's and women's slalom races. rg/js/mw
Associated Press
26-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Swiss racer Loic Meillard wins the giant slalom at the World Cup finals
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — Swiss racer Loic Meillard held on to his first-run lead and cruised to a giant slalom win on a sun-splashed course Wednesday at the World Cup finals. Meillard finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 15.21 seconds on a warm day at Sun Valley. He held off Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt by 0.95 seconds, while Norwegian racer Henrik Kristoffersen finished third. Odermatt entered the final giant slalom race of the season with a fourth straight GS title already wrapped up. Kristoffersen wound up second in the GS standings and Meillard's performance vaulted him into third place. It was Meillard's fourth career World Cup GS win. He navigated the technical course to near perfection on a day when the temperature hovered around 48 degrees Fahrenheit (nearly 9 Celsius). ___
