Odermatt completes Cortina super-G double to pull away from rivals / Photo: Marco BERTORELLO - AFP
Odermatt completes Cortina super-G double to pull away from rivals
Marco Odermatt strengthened his bid for a second straight World Cup title after winning Sunday's super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo as great rival Aleksander Aamodt Kilde crashed out.
Switzerland's Odermatt clocked a time of one minute, 25.13 seconds, 0.76sec ahead of local hero Dominik Paris, on a tricky course in the Italian Dolomites which caught out a clutch of skiers.
One of those was reigning super-G champion Kilde, who lost control and allowed Odermatt to gain 100 points on him in both the overall and discipline standings.
Odermatt's eighth win of the season extended the gap between him and Kilde to 148 in the super-G ranking while he leads by 313 points in the hunt for the crystal globe.
L.Sastre--MP
