SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) Olympic giant slalom champion Marco Odermatt dominated the first run of the season-opening men's World Cup race Sunday. The Swiss skier had a near-flawless run on the steep glacier in the Austrian Alps to build a lead of more than four-tenths of a second over second-place Lucas Braathen of Norway.
Olympic giant slalom champion Marco Odermatt has dominated the season-opening men’s World Cup race. He beat the field by more than seven-tenths of a second for his 12th career win.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, the overall winner of last
season’s women's International Ski and Snowboard Federation Alpine
Ski World Cup, will defend her giant slalom title in Sölden tomorrow
as this season’s World Cup gets underway.