Alpine skiing James Crawford before his coup - Monney second, Odermatt beaten

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25.1.2025 - 13:02

Canadian James Crawford celebrates after his coup on the Streif
Canadian James Crawford celebrates after his coup on the Streif
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Marco Odermatt will have to wait at least another year for his first victory in the Hahnenkamm downhill. James Crawford outdoes his opponents with bib number 20 and probably deprives Alexis Monney of victory.

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Monney was allowed to feel like the winner for 16 racers. The 25-year-old from Fribourg, who triumphed for the first time in the World Cup in Bormio at the end of December, initially saw most of the named favorites cutting their teeth on his time. Then came the Canadian super-G world champion Crawford and took the lead in the crazy race by eight hundredths ahead of Monney.

The 27-year-old is in the lead after 34 racers. Third place goes to another Canadian, Cameron Alexander.

Marco Odermatt is sixth at best. The season dominator, who wanted to close the last significant gap in his palmarès in the downhill the day after winning the super-G, was 55 hundredths slower than Crawford. He is 33 hundredths off the podium. Franjo von Allmen and Justin Murisier follow in 9th and 11th place.

The Swiss winning streak will thus be broken in the fifth downhill of the winter. The Swiss-Ski athletes celebrated double victories in Beaver Creek, Val Gardena/Gröden, Bormio and Wengen.