“A slap in the face for everyone else”: Odermatt’s crazy ride stunned the ski world

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Marco Odermatt (26) surprised the ski world again with his comeback in the night giant slalom in Schladming. While the Swiss made a serious mistake in the first run, he achieved a clear best time in the second run in the icy snow of the Planai, gaining ten places and securing his eighth major victory in a row.

This victory for Odermatt was “a slap in the face for everyone else”, writes the Austrian “Krone” after the race. Saying that he didn’t want to give it his all in the second run, Odermatt made it clear that he “didn’t give it his all” in the second run.

“The king trembled, the king staggered”

After the victory in their living room, the Austrians bow to our ski superstar. “He doesn’t come from this star,” says ORF commentator Oliver Polzer enthusiastically during the award ceremony. And the “Kleine Zeitung” writes: “The king trembled, the king hesitated – but in the end the king remained on the giant slalom throne again.”

The Italians also celebrate Odermat after his crazy ride. You can read about the ‘Odermatt phenomenon’ on Wednesday in the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’. The French “L’Equipe” meanwhile calls the overall World Cup leader “the prodigy of Nidwalden” and writes about a “stratospheric second run” in Schladming.

“The answer in the final was appropriate and Odermatt-like,” says the German “Sportschau”. She describes the victory as an “incredible comeback”.

Competitors are breeding Odermatt

Odermatt’s competitors also had no choice after the race but to praise the great dominator: “He just showed his class again,” said, for example, the German Alexander Schmid. And Thibaut Favrot, the best Frenchman in the race, called Odermatt a ‘great champion’.

Second-place finisher Manuel Feller, who called Odermatt a “dog” in the finish area, is annoyed: “He gave me the chance and I didn’t take it.” Because the Austrian knows: “He normally doesn’t make it that easy for you.”

Source : Blick