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COURCHEVEL, France : Marco Odermatt was confirmed as the first Swiss man for 12 years to win the overall Alpine skiing World Cup title after claiming second place in the final downhill of the season on Wednesday.
BORMIO, Italy, Feb 3 : When it comes to Alpine ski racing, no nation takes it quite as seriously as Austria where the sport is followed with religious fervour and the deeds of past greats weigh heavily on those tasked with meeting sky-high expectations.
World champion Franjo von Allmen dominated the last men's World Cup downhill before the Olympics on Sunday, giving troubled ski resort Crans-Montana a second Swiss victory of the weekend.
Manuel Feller pleased the home crowd with a surprise win in the World Cup slalom of the classic Hahnenkamm event on Sunday in Kitzbuhel, a day after the Austrian team had a disastrous result in the downhill.
World champion Marco Odermatt confirmed his status as the main contender for the Olympic super-G title Friday by winning the opening event of the classic Hahnenkamm weekend, the last super-G before the Milan Cortina Games.
WENGEN, Switzerland, Jan 17 : Swiss Olympic Alpine skiing favourite Marco Odermatt delighted the home fans by winning a men's World Cup downhill on Wengen's famed Lauberhorn piste for the fourth time in a row on Saturday.
Marco Odermatt already has no equals on the World Cup skiing circuit.
WENGEN, Switzerland, Jan 16 : Giovanni Franzoni gave Olympic hosts Italy a first men's World Cup win of the Alpine ski season with his own career first victory in a super-G on Wengen's famed Lauberhorn piste on Friday.
Marco Schwarz has truly arrived back in Alpine skiing's winners' circle, less than six weeks before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.