Odermatt grabs second World gold with giant slalom victory

Marco Odermatt soared to his second gold of the World Skiing Championships with a stunning second run in the men's giant slalom. The 25-year-old from Switzerland clocked a combined time of 2:43.08 in Courchevel Meribel to clinch gold after winning the men's downhill earlier in the week.

Ad The 2022 Olympic champion was joined on the podium by his compatriot Loic Meillard who was 0.32 seconds behind for silver whilst Austria's Marco Schwarz fell from first to third for his second medal of the championships, having taken silver in the alpine combined. World Championships'Two rock solid runs!' — Raposo puts together superb World Championships performanceAN HOUR AGO Schwarz led after the first run in a time of 1:19.47 with Odermatt behind by more than a half a second.

But a disappointing second run saw the Austrian slip to the bronze medal position as he struggled to keep up with the blistering closing pace of the Swiss skiers. Defending champion Mathieu Faivre from France finished back in 19th place.