SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Swiss standout Marco Odermatt earned his fourth World Cup crystal globe of the season Sunday in anticlimactic circumstances as the final race was canceled due to bad weather.
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt kisses the trophy for the men’s World Cup super-G discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Friday, March 22, 2024. Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt holds up the trophy for the men’s World Cup super-G discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Friday, March 22, 2024. Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt kisses the trophy for the men’s World Cup super-G discipline, in Saalbach, Austria, Friday, March 22, 2024.
The start of the men’s downhill was initially pushed back several times because of snow and wind, while organisers continued to work on the course in Saalbach, Austria. But it was officially canceled more than an hour after it was scheduled to start. “Unfortunately due to the present weather situation with wind and snowfall affecting the track conditions, to insure the safety of the athletes, todays Men’s DH had been cancelled,” the ski federation
The cancellation handed Odermatt his first World Cup downhill title as his 42-point lead over French skier Cyprien Sarrazin, the only man who could catch him in the standings, proved enough. But it denied the 26-year-old the chance to set a men’s record points total. Victory in the downhill would have given Odermatt 100 points and lifted him five points beyond hisSunday’s weather was a contrast to the women’s downhill, which took place under blue skies and with a temperature of 15 degrees Celsius the previous day.
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