Marco Odermatt won. JURE MAKOVEC / AFP
The Swiss Marco Odermatt, already winner on Saturday, won again over the giant of Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) on Sunday. Alexis Pinturault finished in third place after a fine performance from Kristoffersen (2nd).
Leader after the first round of the second giant with 28 hundredths ahead of Alexis Pinturault, the Swiss kept his lead to win ahead of the Frenchman, who finally finished 3rd behind Kristoffersen. Pinturault hangs with this 3rd place, his 77th podium in the World Cup.
With this new victory, the Swiss wins the Giant’s Globe and the big Crystal Globe of this season. Giant Olympic champion in 2022, giant and downhill world champion last month, Odermatt confirms at 25 his hold on international skiing and enters even more into the legend. Impressive in the second heat, the Norwegian Kristoffersen made up for all his delay to finish 38 hundredths ahead of Alexis Pinturault. The Frenchman, although in time until the bottom of the track, lost all his lead in the last part.
«It’s crazy, I don’t believe it. It was another huge battle in the second run, I made a few mistakes so I took all the risks in the last part. I have a perfect team around me who do a lot of work“, he greeted at the microphone of the International Ski Federation (FIS). “Last year it was different, I was more nervous. This year I’ve been more relaxed“, he continued after his 11th success of the season. “Odiis so dominating that he can still aim for Austrian Hermann Maier’s men’s record of 2,000 points, set 23 years ago.
The Swiss has 1,826 points and has three races left (a downhill, a super-G, a giant) to play next week in the World Cup finals in Soldeu (Andorra), since he does not line up. in slalom. Already second on Saturday, Alexis Pinturault confirmed his revival with a third place, only his third podium of the season in all disciplines on the world circuit.