Marco Odermatt is on the verge of his fourth consecutive triumph in the Lauberhorn downhill. The man from Nidwalden leads in Wengen ahead of Vincent Kriechmayr and Giovanni Franzoni, who once again shone.
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 have now achieved 18 podium finishes in a row in the downhill.
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