Marco Odermatt is confident that he will win the overall World Cup

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After the Super-G in Aspen, the Norwegian superstar said in an interview with ORF star presenter Rainer Pariasek: “I have decided not to compete in the two giant slalom races in Kranjska Gora this weekend and instead concentrate on the two speed races in Aspen … they will focus on the final in Soldeu.”

That means in plain language: if Kilde starts next to the downhill and the super-G in the giant slalom in Andorra, he can win a maximum of 300 points. His gap to Odermatt in the battle for the big crystal ball is already 386 points.

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But will Mikaela Shiffrin’s 30-year-old partner actually abandon the start in Kranjska Gora? “Aleksander told me before he left for the US that he would make this decision right after the Aspen Super G. And after telling Mr. Pariasek that he was not going to Kranjska Gora, it was clear to me that his plan would not change,” says Christian Höflehner, head of racing at Kilde’s outfitter Atomic.

But even if the overall World Cup winner of the 2019/20 season goes to Slovenia on Friday, realistically he will not be able to close the gap to defending champion Odermatt, after all he was never better than eighth in the giant class. slalom this winter. The giant Olympic champion and world champion from the canton of Nidwalden, on the other hand, won four of the seven giant slaloms in the current World Cup winter and was never better than third in this category.

Source : Blick