Odermatt completes Cortina super-G double to pull away from rivals
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Odermatt completes Cortina super-G double to pull away from rivals
Cortina d Ampezzo (AFP) – 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.
