Alpine Skiingmen's world cup
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The encore on Chuenisbargli, the 13th consecutive podium in the CdM giants, the second absolute crystal ball ever closer: all the satisfaction of the Swiss King after the race. Kristoffersen dreamy and ready for the slalom, Meillard completes the Swiss party.
Saturday 7 January 2023 4 minutes reading time
A fury, in the 2nd round of the most awaited match, just imagine if your name is Marco Odermatt and you defend the Swiss colours.
The giant of Adelboden, the temple of Chuenisbargli, and the master of the World Cup who completes the masterpiece by giving another day of celebration to the splendid audience on the side of the track, who rewarded an organization that has literally worked miracles for stage this weekend of racing (guaranteeing an exceptional track, beyond all expectations).
Sixth seal of the season, 1000 points in the standings exceeded, and now there are 400 lengths of margin on the first pursuer, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (who surpassed himself by finishing ninth). "Odi" runs strong towards many records, such as consecutive podiums in giant, which are already 14 if we also consider the Olympic gold, 13 in CdM. What's more, 26 years after Pirmin Zurbriggen, the phenomenal 25-year-old from Nidwalden is the second Swiss capable of signing an encore on Chuenisbargli. “It's incredibly beautiful – Marco's emotion on the microphones of SRF Sport – Yes, I risked everything, it was a limitless heat and it could have gone differently at least on a couple of occasions.
I knew I couldn't let Henrik win, I had to push hard on the accelerator. I'll watch it again, but I think I've gone too far."
Kristoffersen, still beaten in giant slalom, was just as magical: the Norwegian raced a beautiful race, who for a few moments even hoped to seize his thirtieth cup victory, three days after breaking free in the season with dominance in the Garmisch slalom. Confidence is now total, even if Adelboden remains bewitched, at least between the wide gates (11 podiums for HK94 in this location, but with only two successes in slalom). "It was a good test, Marco is extraordinary and I'm still missing something in the giant to try and beat him, but we're there".
Loic Meillard was far further away, 1"66 from his compatriot catch-all, but it was the 26-year-old from the Canton of Neuchatel who completed the Swiss party with third place: "I'll be back on the podium in giant and doing it in Adelboden is the best - he commented to SRF – At the beginning of January I had never collected so many top 3 placements (there are 3 and in different disciplines, always on the last step of the podium between slalom, super-g and giant), it's nice to be able to demonstrate that you ski so fast. Now the slalom...".
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Giant slalom Male Adelboden (SUI)
ODERMATT Marco
KRISTOFFERSEN Henrik
MEILLARD Loic
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