Kristoffersen sweeps men's giant slalom in Slovenia on heels of slalom double

Henrik Kristoffersen won his second men's World Cup race in two days Sunday, while Olympic champion Marco Odermatt finished third in the penultimate giant slalom of the season to all but clinch the overall title.

Kristoffersen's double came two weeks after the Norwegian also won two slaloms in two days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

"Very good weekend, for sure. We're skiing really good. It doesn't matter if it's straight, turny, or whatever it is, it's a pretty good day," Kristoffersen said from Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, after posting a two-run time of two minutes 18.13 seconds.

It was his 28th career victory and seventh in GS.

WATCH | Kristoffersen takes giant slalom by 0.23 seconds over Brennsteiner:

Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner (2:18.36) finished 0.23 seconds behind for a career-best second.

Odermatt, who had already locked up the discipline title by finishing second in Saturday's race, was fastest in the opening run but dropped to third in 2:18.40.

Calgary's Erik Read took top Canadian honours over Toronto's Trevor Philp, finishing 17th in 2:20.54 while the latter slipped to 20th (2:20.67) after placing 13th on Saturday.

Odermatt increased his lead in the overall standings to 329 points from Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, the 2019-20 overall champion. It leaves the Norwegian with only a mathematical chance to win the Crystal Globe as overall season winner, with just one race in each of the four disciplines remaining at the World Cup Finals in Courchevel next week. Each race win is worth 100 points.

"Even when Kilde wins three times, I don't believe he will also score points in the slalom," Odermatt told Swiss broadcaster SRF.

Neither Odermatt nor Kilde has ever raced in a World Cup slalom. That leaves just three