The Swiss Marco Odermatt seemed to draw on his last strength to resist the Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen and win the second giant of the World Cup in Alta Badia (Italy) on Monday after an important series of races.
The Olympic champion was ahead of Kristoffersen, already second on Sunday, by 20 hundredths and the Slovenian Olympic vice-champion Zan Kranjec by 92 hundredths.
«It was probably my biggest fight“Blowed, apparently exhausted, Marco Odermatt at the microphone of the International Ski Federation (FIS) after his 4th victory of the season. “I couldn’t have done better. Henrik (Kristoffersen) had a great race, I was lucky to keep my lead. It was difficult, exhausting, after the week in Val Gardena I didn’t have much energy left. These two giant races were long and particularly winding.»
The 25-year-old Swiss did well to crush the competition in the first round, allowing him to be average on the second track (22nd in qualifying) but to return to victory anyway after his 3rd place on the first disputed giant sunday.