January alpine skiing recap

January 11 – Wengen, Switzerland
Marco Odermatt (SUI) -1st- Switzerland’s Odermatt underlined his status as the dominant force in the men’s FIS World Cup as he finally managed to add a downhill World Cup victory to his world championship title. On home snow, he beat Frenchman Cyprien Sarrazin into second by 0.58s, with Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in third. Now leading in the overall, downhill, super-G and giant slalom crystal globes, Odermatt had previously notched 11 downhill podiums without winning a race.

January 12 – Wengen, Switzerland
Marco Odermatt (SUI) -2nd- Odermatt picked up more points with a strong second in Friday’s Wengen Super G. It was the same three skiers on the podium as in the downhill on Thursday, with Sarrazin and Odermatt exchanging places, although the margin of victory remained an identical 0.58s. Norwegian Kilde took third again, one second off the pace.

January 13 – Wengen, Switzerland
Marco Odermatt (SUI) -1st- and Dominik Paris (ITA) -3rd- Odermatt continued to blaze a trail on Saturday when he stormed to another downhill victory in the morning race, his second in three days, with Sarrazin 0.59s behind this time in second and Italian Dominik Paris muscling his way on to the podium thanks to a third spot.

January 13 – Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria
Sofia Goggia (ITA) -1st- Goggia recorded her 18th FIS World Cup downhill victory in Austria to boost her chances of winning her fifth downhill crystal globe. The Italian finished 0.10s ahead of Austrian Stephanie Venier with her compatriot Mirjam Puchner joint third along with Italy’s Nicol Delago.

January 14 – Wengen, Switzerland
Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) -3rd- Norwegian Kristoffersen put in a good display on Sunday in Switzerland finishing just 0.21s behind slalom winner Manuel Feller of Austria with Norway’s Atle Lie McGrath in second place. The result leaves Kristoffersen in seventh place in the FIS World Cup slalom standings behind Feller with Frenchman Clément Noël in fourth

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