That’s why the giant ball is most important to Odermatt

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Despite the overwhelming dominance of Marco Odermatt, Henrik Kristoffersen is again sure of a title this winter. We’re talking about the unofficial trophy for the least popular racer in the World Cup circus.

Even the Norwegian compatriots, who are known for their team spirit, can do little with the overly ambitious, choleric Kristoffersen. “We are both Norwegians. But Henrik has chosen his own team, the rest work in our own training group. He gives me nothing, he gets nothing from me. Kristoffersen is simply another competitor of mine,” Lucas Braathen reported to the Norwegian media two years ago.

Rather behind Kilde than Kristoffersen

Overall World Cup winner Marco Odermatt will duel the quarrelsome slalom world champion for the bullet in the giant slalom this weekend. For the two races on the “Podkoren” track, the man from Nidwalden is exactly 100 points ahead of the top technician from the Oslo region.

And even the impeccable sportsman from Buochs ​​has repeatedly said that victories over Kristoffersen taste particularly good to him. Before the World Cup in Courchevel, he was asked in the big Sonntagsblick interview whether he could live better with a second place behind the eloquent Aleksander Aamodt Kilde than with a second place behind his dogged compatriot Kristoffersen. Odermatt’s answer: “That’s right. The second one is a no-go…»

Kristoffersen’s diatribe in Adelboden

It is statements such as this year’s giant slalom in Adelboden that make Kristoffersen so unpopular with drivers. The 28-year-old finished second behind Odermatt and settled at the subsequent press conference with the Austrian technical trainer Martin Kroisleitner, who had flagged the second point. “I could have understood if a Swiss coach had put such a direct giant slalom in favor of Odermatt. But I really can’t understand why an Austrian would play into the hands of the Swiss.”

Odermatt has never publicly commented on Kristoffersen’s statement. But we can assume that the giant world champion and Olympic champion will give his opponent from the far north on the slopes in Kranjska Gora the right answer.

Source : Blick