Marco Odermatt wins his second gold at the World Championships in the men's giant slalom in Courchevel

Marco Odermatt won gold in the men's giant slalom competition at the 2023 Alpine World Ski Championships in Courchevel on Friday. The world No. 1 finished with a time of 2:34.08 to claim his second gold medal of the World Championships.

He had previously not finished on the podium in his past eight World Championship races. Ad Fellow Swiss skier Loic Meillard took home silver, finishing 0.32s off the top spot, while Austria's Marco Schwarz managed a bronze, 0.40s off of Odermatt, having led after the first run. World Championships‘A hungry Odermatt is really hard to beat!’ – Kilde on how he missed out on gold12/02/2023 AT 13:05 The victory means that Odermatt becomes the youngest man to win two individual gold medals at a championships since Aksel Lund Svindal, who also won the downhill and the giant slalom back in 2007.

«It's amazing. So many great Swiss fans here, family, friends,» the winner said after the race. «Thank you to the crowd; it was amazing.» When asked if sharing the podium with his Swiss teammate made it more special, Odermatt said: «Yes, of course.

I came to the finish, had to count a little bit, and then I saw the two medals today for us. Exclusive: 'It's possible' — Ryding on keeping the fire alive and his keys to success 'Very positive!' — Maze gives her thoughts on Ryding in the slalom Shiffrin explains 'nervous' feeling ahead of gold-medal winning giant slalom run »I actually didn't expect to win. Marco [Schwarz] skied so well in the first run.

He made some mistakes in the second, but it helped me [to win] gold. Great Briton Charlie Raposo finished with a time of 2:37.97. «It was awesome.