Marco Odermatt wins gold in the Super G

The field of riders in the men's speed disciplines is pretty weak this season. There are only a few well-known names. The field consists of many new riders. Many of the old hands are not getting going this winter, be it Dominik Paris or Vincent Kriechmayr. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Cyprien Sarraz are injured. Former racing greats such as Beat Feuz and Matthias Mayer have retired. That makes the whole thing a bit boring. Marco Odermatt has blossomed into the absolute dominator in the World Cup. But can anyone pose a threat to him or is he just shooting himself in the foot? Odermatt faces real competition from Franjo von Allmen and Alexis Monney, especially from his own team. Norwegian Adrian Sejersted started the race at 11.30 a.m. in glorious weather and perfect piste conditions. The Norwegian showed a clean run without making any mistakes. But what is the time worth? The Austrians are of course expecting everything from Kriechmayr and Haaser at the home World Championships. Switzerland's Alexis Monney entered the race with the number 4, but he promptly made a mistake at the World Championships and was eliminated. With the number 5, the Austrian Stefan Babinsky was able to convince, even though he lost almost three tenths to Sejersted. After the Canadian Cameron Alexander did not start with the number 7, Marco Odermatt entered the race. The Swiss showed a strong run, in which he distanced the leading Sejersted from intermediate time to intermediate time. He took the lead from Sejersted with a gap of 1.15 seconds. The following Vincent Kriechmayr had no chance and lost 1.20 seconds to Odermatt. He thus took the leather medal in fourth place. Austria's next hope followed with Raphael Haaser, who had shone in Kitzbühel in January with a second place. Now he elegantly pushed past Sejersted into second place, but still with a full second behind. So theoretically there was still room between Odermatt and Haaser. Dominik Paris did not manage to catch up with the leaders. Franjo von Allmen messed up the run and ended up in 12th place, more than two seconds behind. Canadian James Crawford, who won the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel, failed miserably and lost more than three seconds. Italian Giovanni Franzoni, who started the race with number 19, delivered promising intermediate times, but he missed a gate - out! Slovenian Miha Hrobat also shone and after the first two intermediate times it was clear that someone was coming to drive the others off the medal places. But he also failed miserably and passed a gate - out! In the end, an unusual trio of Odermatt, Haaser and Sejersted were on the podium.