Swiss Marco Odermatt at the finish line of the super-G race Source: SITA/AP/Alessandro Trovati
VAL GARDENA – Austrian skier Vincent Kriechmayr won the opening super-G of this World Cup season. In the Italian resort of Val Gardena, he won on Friday with a narrow margin of two hundredths of a second ahead of compatriot Daniel Hemetsberger.
Swiss Marco Odermatt finished third in an even race, three hundredths of a second behind the winner, the defender of the big and small globe became independent at the head of the overall standings of the prestigious series.
The first supergiant slalom of the season was held in the Dolomites, as the race in Beaver Creek, USA, was canceled at the beginning of December due to unfavorable weather conditions. Friday’s super-G did not have many technically demanding sections, and it was the details that decided it.
Photo gallery (10) Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr on the super-G track in Val Gardena, Italy Source: SITA/AP/Alessandro Trovati
The section with “camel humps” on the Ciaslat meadow was the best for Kriechmayr, and although he lost slightly at the end, he kept two hundredths ahead of Hemetsberger at the finish line. He took care of the first Austrian super-G championship since March 17, 2022, when he triumphed in Courchevel, France. He made up his mind after finishing 17th in Thursday’s race.
“It was significantly better than yesterday. I took much more risks. The track was built quite simply, then you have to pay attention to every detail.” 32-year-old Kriechmayr, who celebrated his 17th career victory, told APA.
Hemetsberger narrowly missed his first triumph in the prestigious series. “Losing by two hundredths is bitter. Vincent didn’t give me anything. It was a relatively fast super-G, with few corners,” commented on the race for ORF.
Bad luck for the champion from Switzerland
Odermatt was unlucky again, he finished third in Thursday’s run, when he was five hundredths behind the winner Bryce Bennett from the USA, a day later he finished again on the Saslong slope in bronze position in another hundredth “detective”.
Photo gallery (10) Swiss Marco Odermatt at the finish line of the super-G race Source: SITA/AP/Alessandro Trovati
However, the Swiss can be happy that he broke away from the Austrian Marc Schwarz, who took fifth place (+0.13), at the head of the overall classification. Bennett took the 14th place (+0.41), one of the favorites Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde came out with no points, a loss of 1.09 s was enough for him to take only 37th place.
The race had to be interrupted for a long time after the fall of another Austrian, Andreas Ploier, who was carried off the track on a stretcher with an injured knee. Slovakia was not represented in the competition. On Saturday, the second race is scheduled in Val Gardena (11:45 a.m.).
men’s super-G SP results in Val Gardena:
1. Vincent Kriechmayr 1:28.39 min., 2. Daniel Hemetsberger (both Austria) +0.02 s, 3. Marco Odermatt (Switzerland) +0.03, 4. Cyprien Sarrazin (Fr.) +0 ,12, 5. Marco Schwarz (Aust.) +0.13, 6. James Crawford +0.15, 7. Cameron Alexander (both Kan.) +0.28, 8. Mattia Casse (Italy) +0, 29, 9. Franjo von Allmen (Switzerland) +0.38, 10. Jeffrey Read (Can.), Guglielmo Bosca (Italy) and Jared Goldberg (USA) +0.39
overall ranking of the WC (after 4 out of 41 competitions):
1. Odermatt 220 b., 2. Schwarz 205, 3. Manuel Feller (Rak.) 124, 4. Bryce Bennett (USA) 118, 5. Kriechmayr 114, 6. Crawford 85
rank in super-G (1 of 7):
1. Kriechmayr 100 b., 2. Hemetsberger 80, 3. Odermatt 60, 4. Sarrazin 50, 5. Schwarz 45, 6. Crawford 40
Photo gallery for the article Number of photos: 10
- Author: © List/
- Source: TASR
2023-12-15 14:39:31
#Big #bad #luck #superfavorite #Extremely #balanced #superG #decided #hundredths
