Marco Odermatt opened a World Championships where he could be the defining skier by winning the super-G by the largest margin in any speed race at worlds in 34 years. Odermatt, the 27-year-old Swiss Lion King,

Marco Odermatt cruised to super-G gold at Saalbach in the World Championships, but several skiiers ran into difficulty navigating the tricky Austrian course.

Marco Odermatt claimed the men's super-G gold at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach with a dominant performance. He was a second faster than Austria's Raphael Haaser. Odermatt celebrated his first major victory in the super-G,