Marco Odermatt’s en plein fades, Loic Meillard’s triumph in Saalbach
Fades en plein for Marco Odermatt, triumph for Loic Meillard in Saalbach
It ends with a mockery the giant slalom season for Marco Odermatt. After conquering all 12 of the season's giants, the Swiss skier slips in front of his appointment with history and exits the scene in the second run of the last round of this 2023-24, when he was clearly in the lead, thus seeing his chance to make the en plein and conquer all the races of the specialty slip away.
Triumphing on the Saalbach track, in fact, è was the Swiss Loic Meillard, who achieved a time of 2:36.27, preceding Joan Verdu from Andorra and compatriot Thomas Tumler, who were respectively 71 and 79 hundredths behind the leader. Closing out the top 5 were Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner (+1.20) and Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen (+1.28).
Completing the top 10: Timon Haugan (+1.31), Gino Caviezel (+1.31), Filip Zubcic (+1.35), Alexander Steen Olsen (+1.48) and Manuel Feller (+1.50). As for the Italian athletes, the best è was Luca de Aliprandini, who finished the downhill in 14th position with a 1.71 gap from Loic Meillard.
The 2023-24 season è was characterized by the absolute domination of Marco Odermatt, who has already won the overall and specialty World Cups and is leading the rankings in the downhill and super-G.
