Alpine skiing Kristoffersen unstoppable, Odermatt rushes towards the globe


And two! Henrik Kristoffersen won his second giant in two days in Kranjska Gora. Second Saturday, Odermatt took 3rd place on Sunday at 27/100 from Kristoffersen, the Austrian Stefan Brennsteiner taking 2nd place at 23/100 from the winner.

Mathematically, the Swiss prodigy must wait until next week to be officially crowned: he is 329 points ahead of his Norwegian runner-up Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, and there are four races left in the finals in Courchevel and Méribel (the victory is worth 100 points ), a downhill, a super-G, a giant and a slalom.
But Kilde should not participate in the slalom or the giant, leaving sufficient margin to the Swiss.

Odermatt can thus already uncork the champagne and savor in advance the first big globe of his career at 24, at the end of an incredible season with so far 15 podiums including 7 victories, in addition to the giant’s Olympic title.

The skier from Nidwalden has crushed the competition like a giant, he already has the little globe in his pocket, and has been able to get on the podiums in super-G and downhill with regularity.
On Sunday, however, he was once again beaten by Henrik Kristoffersen, the skier in great shape at the end of winter.

After the two slaloms in Garmisch (Germany) and the two giants in the Slovenian resort, “Kristo” (27) has won four of his five races since returning from the Beijing Games.
“It’s a very good weekend for me, I ski very well, regardless of the type of track in these cases,” he commented.

Second in the general classification in 2016 and 2018, then the main rival of the Austrian Marcel Hirscher, the Norwegian with a volcanic character has regained his best level in the two technical disciplines. Now 3rd at 505 points, he is going too far to challenge the big globe in Odermatt, but looks set for next season.



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