Three Swiss downhill racers are on the podium in Garmisch. Marco Odermatt celebrates his 54th World Cup victory ahead of Alexis Monney and Stefan Rogentin.
In spring-like conditions, due to which the race was brought forward by half an hour, a duel developed between Odermatt and Monney. The man from Nidwalden led the way on the Kandahar slope with bib number 10, while the man from Fribourg followed suit with bib number 12. Up until the middle of the race, it looked like Monney would win. But in the last two sections, which Odermatt caught perfectly, the Saalbach World Championship bronze medallist lost half a second. In the end, the two Swiss skiers, who were in a league of their own, were separated by just four hundredths.
Stefan Rogentin in 3rd place was already 0.98 seconds down on the winner. After a disappointing Olympic Games, the first downhill podium of the season was a source of satisfaction for both the man from Graubünden and Monney. They ensured Swiss-Ski's second triple victory of the season, having already achieved the feat in the giant slalom in Val d'Isère.
The Swiss provided impressive proof of their supremacy in the downhill. For the 21st World Cup downhill in a row, at least one Swiss-Ski athlete stood on the podium. Odermatt topped the podium for the fourth time this season. With his 54th World Cup victory in this category, the 28-year-old drew level with Hermann Maier. He climbed to third place in the all-time leaderboard, with only Ingemar Stenmark (86) and Marcel Hirscher (67) having more victories to their name.
Franjo von Allmen was not on the podium for once. The three-time Olympic champion had to settle for 6th place in the first race after the Winter Games in Milan-Cortina and in his first race downhill in Garmisch. In the battle for the small crystal globe, he is likely to have lost decisive ground to Odermatt. With two races still to go, he is 175 points ahead of von Allmen and looks set to win the discipline classification for the third time in a row.
Swiss double success in the European Cup
- It was not only in the World Cup downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that the Swiss speed skiers came up trumps on Saturday with three podium places, the Swiss-Ski team was also extremely successful one level lower in the European Cup. Lenz Hächler won the Super-G in Oppdal, Norway, 53 hundredths ahead of team-mate Delio Kunz. It was Hächler's eighth victory in the European Cup, his fourth in the last five weeks. With Philipp Kälin (5th), Loïc Chable (7th), Gabin Janet (9th) Sandro Zurbrügg and Gaël Zulauf (both 10th), five other Swiss racers finished in the top 10.
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Eight Swiss racers are allowed to start in the top 30, including the top favorites Marco Odermatt and Franjo von Allmen.
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