Odermatt uses 2nd-run comeback to claim 12th straight World Cup giant slalom win

Marco Odermatt recovered from a first run that left him trailing and a poor start in the second to pull out a victory in Aspen, Colo., and extend his World Cup giant slalom winning streak to 12 races, aided by a major mistake by the last skier down the hill Saturday.

Odermatt, the 26-year-old Swiss star who already has clinched both the overall and GS titles this season, moved two away from Ingemar Stenmark's World Cup record of 14 consecutive wins in one event, set more than 40 years ago.

Odermatt is the reigning Olympic gold medallist and world champion in the giant slalom and has gone 9-0 in that race this season, adding onto the three in a row he picked up to end last season. He finished the two legs Saturday along the Strawpile slope in Aspen in 2 minutes, 3.20 seconds, with winds reaching 25 mph (40 kph).

His combined time was 0.34 seconds better than Swiss teammate Loic Meillard — who also was the runner-up to Odermatt in Friday's giant slalom — and 0.58 faster than Timon Haugan of Norway.

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