Ski, the world cup restarts in the name of Odermatt: his is the giant of Soelden

SOELDEN – The ski world cup restarts in the sign of Marco Odermatt. The Swiss won the giant slalom in Soelden, the first race of the season. The holder of the crystal cup immediately made it clear to everyone that he intends to continue to be the master. For Odermatt, Olympic gold medalist in Beijing, this is the 12th career success in the cup, eighth in giant. On the podium with him – on a day when Italy disappointed – the Slovenian Zan Kranjec and Norwegian Heinrich Kristoffersen, which immediately brought to the podium a new brand of skis with a very high and personalized technical structure created by its former great rival, the very Austrian champion Marcel Hirscher. For probable reasons of rights, however, the new brand was not visible and so the Norwegian had to use completely blacks on a track that the Austrian organizers managed to make accessible on a woolen thread and with great work after yesterday’s rain that had prevented to dispute the female giant.

Bad Italy

The disappointing first of Italy, which sent nine athletes on the track, including the young talent Giovanni Franzoni and Filippo della Vite, captained by Luca De Aliprandini. The world silver in Cortina finished immediately out and so the only one to enter among the 30 admitted to the second heat was Giovanni Borsottiwho finished 30th due to an error.

The next stage of the men’s world cup will be the giant parallel on November 15th in Lech, Austria. In the meantime, on Tuesday in Cervinia, the FIS will check the snow to decide whether – contrary to the two men’s races already canceled – the women’s cup descents scheduled on the Gran Becca slope between Switzerland and Val d’Aosta can be held in two weeks.