
First victory in Kitzbuehel for Marco Odermatt. After finishing second in the Downhill in 2022 and 2024 and second in the Super-G in 2021, the 27-year-old won the Super-G on the Streif today. Raphael Haaser finished in second place 0.11 seconds behind Odermatt. Swiss teammate Stefan Rogentin rounded up the podium 0.30 seconds off the pace.
Marco Odermatt is the absolute dominator of the Alpine Ski World Cup. He currently leads the Overall, Downhill, Super-G, and Giant Slalom standings.
Odermatt is the third man to win at least 14 World Cup Super-G World Cup races, after Hermann Maier (24), and Aksel Lund Svindal (17). He celebrated his seventh victory of the season and his 44th overall in the World Cup.
Since March 2022, in 21 Super-G races, he has won ten and claimed an additional seven podium spots.
"It was a solid race from me. I skied with my head, looking for a round line around the bumps. Others were faster in the individual sections, but I was ahead at the finish, that's what counts. It's a special day. It's a shame that there were so many crashes, it takes away some of the emotions. You must be humble on the Streif. The fact that the Streif is a brutal slope is nothing new," Odermatt said.
Raphael Haaser, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury in Val d'Isere in December and has been on a break since, today achieved his fourth podium in the Alpine Ski World Cup, the fourth in the Super-G. The three previous podiums were three-second places in Bormio in 2021 and 2023, and in Garmisch Partenkirchen a year ago in January 2024.
"It's incredible. I mean, the injury in December was of course bitter because it was at an unfortunate time. But I concentrated fully on rehab and worked hard to get back on track. I wanted to show my best skiing, and I managed that. I attacked from start to finish. It worked. I can be satisfied with that," Haaser said.
Stefan Rogentin finished third despite being ill and battling the flu for the past few days. It's his fourth podium in the Alpine Ski World Cup.
"Poor race preparation seems to be good for me. I hope it doesn't become the norm. That wouldn't be good in the long run. Finding the right setup was not easy with the different conditions. It was a good performance," Rogentin said.
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