Marco Odermatt secured the Men’s Downhill Crystal Globe after the final race of the season in Saalbach was canceled due to adverse weather. It's Odermatt’s first Downhill Globe and secures the speed double for the Swiss ski Ace.
The last Swiss skier to win the Downhill Crystal Globe was Beat Feuz, who won four in a row between 2017-2018 and 2020-2021.
Odermatt added the Downhill World Cup title to his Overall, Super-G, and Giant Slalom Globes. The last man to win at least four World Cup Crystal Globes in a single season was Hermann Maier in 1999-2000 and 2001-2001 (Overall, Downhill, Giant Slalom, and Super-G in both seasons).
The only Swiss man to win at least four World Cup classifications in a single season was Pirmin Zurbriggen in 1986-1987. He won the Overall, Combination, Super-G, Downhill, and Giant Slalom titles.
Marco Odermatt has finished on the podium in six of the eight Downhill events this season including a double win in Wengen. After achieving his first victory on the discipline in the first Downhill held in the Swiss ski resort Marco Odermatt took the double win in the Lauberhorn. Two seventh places in Val Gardena and Kvitfjell Downhills were his worst results.
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