Marco Odermatt is on the verge of his fourth consecutive triumph in the Lauberhorn downhill. The man from Nidwalden leads after 30 racers ahead of Vincent Kriechmayr and the once again strong Super-G winner Giovanni Franzoni.
17.01.2026, 13:44
17.01.2026, 13:48
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Odermatt conjured up an almost perfect run in the Bernese Oberland snow in the race, which was shortened to the Super-G start due to gusts of wind. He distanced Kriechmayr by 0.79 seconds and Franzoni by nine tenths over the one and a half minute race.
The Italian Franzoni, who had dominated both downhill training sessions and won the super-G on Friday, made it exciting once again with start number 28 despite the degrading slope - and knocked Franjo von Allmen off the podium by three hundredths. Alexis Monney finished a further two hundredths behind in 5th place.
With his fourth triumph, Odermatt becomes the sole record winner of Wengen. Franz Klammer and Beat Feuz have each won the Lauberhorn downhill three times in their careers. Apart from Odermatt, no one else has won the traditional race at the foot of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau more than twice in a row since its premiere 59 years ago.
The dominator Odermatt is also continuing to build his monument. This season, he has achieved 1st, 1st, 1st and 2nd place in the downhill including Wengen. He has climbed onto the downhill podium in the World Cup for the eighth time in a row; the last time he was not in the top 7 was in March 2023.
Von Allmen, who beat Odermatt in Val Gardena/Gröden before the turn of the year and ensured a Swiss double victory last year at the Lauberhorn in second place behind Odermatt, also impressed with his consistency: he finished in the top 5 for the sixth time in the last seven downhill races. Thanks in part to him, the Swiss speed skiers now have 18 podium places in a row in the downhill.
Behind Odermatt and Von Allmen, the two undisputed best downhill racers of the moment, other Swiss racers also impressed on Saturday. In fifth place, Monney was just five hundredths off the podium. Marco Kohler lined up in 12th place with bib number 21, followed by Stefan Rogentin (13th), Justin Murisier (15th) and Niels Hintermann (17th). For Murisier, it is the 15th downhill in a row in the points - a series that only Odermatt can boast.
This year's Lauberhorn weekend will be rounded off with the slalom on Sunday. The Swiss record in Wengen is less impressive in the poles: the last Swiss victory dates back to 1987 (Joël Gaspoz). In 2022, Daniel Yule ended a 23-year Swiss podium drought, and in 2023 Loïc Meillard was the last Swiss to climb the podium in second place. The first run starts at 10.00 am, the second at 1.00 pm.
