The fury of Odermatt, the constancy of Mayer, the tale of Thompson: the reactions to the podium of Beaver Creek

The spectacular super-g on the Birds of Prey opened a very intense four days: the Swiss already fleeing for the cup dream, but the Carinthian is there and how "Friday will be another battle on this fantastic track" .

Thursday 2 December 2021 5 minutes reading time

A podium with three huge smiles, for several reasons. It doesn't happen that often, but there are many stories behind Marco Odermatt's victory in the Beaver Creek super-g, in 2nd place for Matthias Mayer and in third place, the first podium of a career in the World Cup conditioned by many factors, including the economic one to manage in a particular situation such as that of Canadian skiing, of the surprise of the day named Broderick Thompson. At 27, the big boy from Whistler gave himself an unexpected joy, but more than deserved with a very solid proof to mock Andreas Sander by 3 cents, who by now also tasted the first top 3 in the circuit (even if the German can console himself with the world silver downhill won a few months ago in Cortina ...), starting with bib number 35. And to think that Thompson up to now had collected only a 24th place in super-g, precisely in the last race held in March in that of Saalbach-Hinterglemm, and an 8th in combined in Bormio in 2017 as the top in the Coppa del World. The opening of the poker of competitions on the Birds of Prey, however, was also and above all the day of a dominant Marco Odermatt; space test of the 24-year-old from the Canton of Nidwalden, at the third seal in super-g (it is the second in a row since he won in Saalbach, also in that case by literally making the void) and the second in the Colorado town, two years after that first gem in CdM. "It was a sort of deja vu - the person concerned after the race told SRF Sport microphones - I risked more than on that occasion in the final stretch, but I saw the others and thought that we had to attack, despite having good in mind the focus in such a difficult race ". At 78 cents from "Odi" concluded a very solid Matthias Mayer: winner in the descent of Lake Louise, second today in super-g and behind the same Swiss in the overall cup standings (250 points against 180). Who knows who may not be the Carinthian, already fighting for the overall with large sections of the 2019/2020 vintage, one of the main rivals of the real favorite for the absolute crystal ball, even more than Alexis Pinturault who today wasted a great chance and will have a less favorable calendar than in previous years. "I had to deal with the management between tactics and attack - analyzed Mayer in the post through the OESV press office, explaining the difficulties of starting with bib n ° 3 after the exits of Bailet and Paris - Today was a real super-g, a great emotion. At the exit of the steep I crossed the ski too much, Marco has always been in motion, fluid and capable of developing speed that led to the finish line. Tomorrow will be another great challenge on this track which is super ”.

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