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Marco Odermatt explains why giant slalom gold was ‘easier’ than downhill at the Alpine World Ski Championships

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Marco Odermatt has admitted his second gold medal of this year’s Alpine World Ski Championships was “easier” than winning the downhill.

Odermatt was the big favourite to win Friday’s giant slalom but he had 0.48 seconds to find after the first run, which saw Marco Schwarz go fastest.

Ad As the penultimate skier out of the start gate in run two, the Swiss skier went quickest by 0.32 seconds from Loic Meillard, before Schwarz could only slot into the bronze medal position.

World Championships‘That was my last one' — Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg ends career after 20 World ChampsAN HOUR AGO “Another perfect day for me and the whole team with Loic,” Odermatt told Eurosport. “A ‘double victory’ that makes it even more special. “It [feels] very different.

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