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The holder of the World Cup is already the big favorite for the inaugural giant of Soelden, but looks as always to the three disciplines and to the world championship in Courchevel Méribel to also look for the first world gold.
Friday 21 October 2022 3 minutes reading time
Marco Odermatt, just 25 years old (just turned), is already the absolute beacon of the white circus as regards the male sector and the natural favorite also for this opening of the 2022/23 season, scheduled for Sunday for men with the giant on the Rettenbach.
The red-cross phenomenon arrives in Soelden in excellent shape, after having worked for the first time in Chile for a few weeks, only to have time to meet and admire the absolute idol of his country, Roger Federer, in London for the farewell to the tennis champion.
The big boy from Nidwalden certainly can only aim for the general classification for an encore crystal ball, but he looks at the world championships in Courchevel Méribel to redeem the disappointment of Cortina 2021 and bring home, after the Olympic gold in giant in Beijing 2022, also the first world title.
At RTS Sport, "Odi" spoke of his approach to the new season: if we talk about a giant, the World Cup holder has just been a dominator for a year, with 5 successes (and 3 other podiums) in 8 races of the maximum circuit and, in fact, the five-circle triumph. And in Soelden he is the reigning champion, but even in 2020 he was second by a whisker on Rettenbach: "I have already won two cups and an Olympic medal, so it's a bit easier for me - explained Marco talking about the management of the pressure - The World Cup is the great goal of the season, even if it will be very difficult to win a gold.
I arrive here with good preparation, in Chile I trained only in speed: I hope to be ready for the Speed Opening of Zermatt-Cervinia, but absolutely this year there are even more races than usual and I hope to be ready on three disciplines ".
Few doubts that it will be ...
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