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,

Odermatt is a three-time overall champion and has won 44 races, including 14 super-Gs, on the World Cup. He is the runaway leader in the super-G standings and the only racer with multiple wins in the discipline this season, most recently in Kitzbuehel.

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