Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt grew to become simply the third skier to win 4 consecutive general World Cup crystal globes with a second-place end within the large slalom at Hafjell.
Odermatt, 27, completed behind compatriot Loic Meillard in Norway to take the title with 5 races to go within the World Cup season, whereas additionally clinching his fourth large slalom crown in a row.
Crystal globes are awarded to the winners of every of the 4 classes – downhill, super-G, large slalom and slalom – in alpine snowboarding’s World Cup sequence, together with a prize for the general winner.
Solely Austria’s Annemarie Moser-Proell and Dutch-Austrian Marcel Hirscher have beforehand received 4 back-to-back general titles within the World Cup.
Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen completed sixteenth at his dwelling occasion, which means he’s now unable to surpass Odermatt’s 1,596 factors within the general standings, with the 2022 Olympic large slalom gold medallist now holding a 635-point lead over his rival.
“To win this globe, with this little bumpy highway, is superb,” stated Odermatt.
“It is undoubtedly a special sort of snowboarding if you already know you might be super-close to the globe however not finished it but – there is no such thing as a area for error.
“It helps quite a bit to have this GS globe within the pocket and simply focus now on the final one in downhill.”
Odermatt has already received the super-G title for the third 12 months in a row and leads the downhill standings going into the ultimate assembly of the season in Idaho subsequent week.
Meillard adopted up his victory within the large slalom by profitable Sunday’s slalom to maneuver as much as second place within the general standings. He’s 47 factors behind chief Kristoffersen, who was fifth in Sunday’s race, with one occasion remaining.
Nice Britain’s slalom specialist Billy Main recorded his first ever top-10 end in a World Cup occasion, ending ninth in Hafjell after a storming second run.
