Marco Odermatt has won gold in the men’s super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships as the Swiss skier justified his status as the big pre-race favorite.

G at the Alpine skiing world championships Friday, justifying his status as the big prerace favorite. The lauded Swiss standout beat silver medalist Raphael Haaser by one second as the Austrian skier earned the host nation's second medal,

After winning the downhill and giant slalom titles in 2023, Odermatt won the men's super-G race at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.

Marco Odermatt opened a World Championships where he could be the defining skier by winning the super-G by the largest margin in any speed race at worlds in 34 years. Odermatt, the 27-year-old Swiss Lion King,

I felt my skis were perfect, did exactly what I wanted, and this gives you in a difficult super-G the confidence to ski your line, t