Marco Odermatt sets a new best time.
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The podium
Marco Odermatt can break the curse: after 14 years, a Swiss triumphs again on the descent from Val Gardena. Thanks to Franjo von Allmen there was even a Swiss double victory. Ryan Cochran-Siegle completes the podium.
Scene of the race
Von Allmen was in the lead, every driver failed because of him and it was a hundredth thriller. Then overdriver Odermatt followed and pulverized the best time, now two Swiss were in front. Thanks to this success, the 27-year-old from Nidwalden has now achieved 40 World Cup victories, overtaking Pirmin Zurbriggen as the best Swiss in World Cup history.
This is how the other Swiss fared
Von Allmen had an almost perfect ride, he only made a mistake in the Ciaslat, but he did well in the rest of the Saslong. What a performance from the 23-year-old, who had previously stood on a World Cup podium once. At the Super-G in Garmisch this January he made it onto the podium for the first time in third place. «I can't really realize it. I think it went great. I wouldn't say perfect. The Ciaslat is just something I still have to learn to deal with,” said von Allmen on SRF.
And another surprise: Lars Rösti came eleventh! And that with start number 34. That's because the route got faster and faster over time, and others also moved far forward. 21-year-old Livio Hiltbrand raced to 16th place with start number 47. Stefan Rogentin came in a strong ninth.
Slope whispers
What a long wait it was for Swiss-Ski, 14 years in downhill skiing, 13 years in super-G. It's been a long time since the last successes on the Saslong. Beat Feuz last won the Super-G in 2011. On SRF he raved about Odermatt's ride and predicted a new best time. The Emmentaler turned out to be right and the Swiss fans were finally able to celebrate another victory in Val Gardena. After Silvan Zurbriggen in 2010, Odermatt is the next Swiss to complete the downhill as the fastest.
This is how it goes
That's it from Val Gardena. But from Sunday it continues in Alta Badia, then the giant slalom starts, followed by another slalom on Monday.
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