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The eight times winner of the World Cup (six times consecutive king of the giant on the Gran Risa) was in the race-2 parterre in Alta Badia. His impressions on the Swiss phenomenon, who in turn said he was "exhausted after this week, but how nice it is to win this battle".
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With the twelfth consecutive podium in World Cup giants, Marco Odermatt continues to write history in the discipline of which he is also an Olympic champion, with an encore (one year after the first time) on the Gran Risa signed today which means success number 10, the fifteenth overall.
"I was already tired at the start - declared the general leader to Eurosport microphones - It was one of the biggest battles so far, Henrik (Kristoffersen, ed) did a great job but luckily this time he went to my part. After such a week in Val Gardena, it wasn't easy with four such long and very difficult heats".
Just 2 tenths from the cup number 1 and the giant in the last two years, concluded a Kristoffersen who twice came close, after the second place already brought home on Sunday, just two cents from Braathen, the trio on the track where his "boss", Marcel Hirscher, won eight times in his career and on six consecutive occasions in the classic race, precisely the giant tamed by the G.O.A.T. Continuously from 2013 to 2018.
Well, today the great champion from Salzburg was present in Alta Badia, on his rink, and he really "ran the risk" of watching live, he who has been seen very little in the white circus since his retirement over 3 years ago (the last occasion was represented by the last edition of the Hahnenkamm-Rennen in Kitzbuehel, where he was the forerunner on the Streif), the first triumph as a manufacturer of the "Van Deer" ski brand which he has launched in the World Cup this season, with his great former rival as a point of reference.
Marcel spoke to the microphones of Eurosport immediately after the match: "I am learning new situations every day - Hirscher said in the interview granted to the former blue Francesca Marsaglia, now sent for the broadcaster - I am not an expert in many aspects, but being alongside such passionate and motivated people is a great gift. Henrik? I never thought I'd work with him, he's fun and he surprises us every day, a real pleasure to be by his side."
To a specific question about the giant's current level and how much Marco Odermatt is impressing "like Hirscher", the Austrian champion answered very clearly: "Someone turned up their noses when I said 4-5 years ago that Marco was special. If he stays healthy, he will be able to reach any goal.”
Hardly his eight consecutive World Cups, but who knows how far this 25-year-old who is opening a new era will go. The post-Hirscher one.
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Giant slalom Male Alta Badia (ITA)
ODERMATT Marco
KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik
KRANJEC Zan
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