Yesterday, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the Super-G in Kvitfell (North) ahead of Canadian James Crawford (+0.07 seconds) and Carinthian Matthias Mayer (+0.12). Even before the World Cup finals in Courchevel, it is clear that the Norwegian will replace Vincent Kriechmayr as the discipline World Cup winner.
Gramastettner, on the other hand, finished seventh yesterday, 0.73 seconds behind. Not enough for the demands of the 30-year-old: “I’m not necessarily satisfied with that, the gap is a bit too big.” The basic speed to have a say in defending the small crystal ball was simply missing. After finishing 57th and sixth in the two downhills, his results for the Kvitfjell weekend are sobering. “It’s nothing, I’ll see if I can turn it around again in the final,” said Kriechmayr. From March 16th, the last races of the World Cup winter will take place in Courchevel.
Until yesterday, Kilde’s first pursuer in the Super-G World Cup was Marco Odermatt. The exceptional Swiss talent did not get past 28th place on the route set by Swiss speed trainer Manfred Widauer. “He took Beat and Niels (Feuz and Hintermann; note) into account and not me, who was still about the ball,” said the 24-year-old, gritting his teeth.
Odermatt can probably console himself with the big crystal ball. Because Kilde, who is his biggest competitor with a deficit of 189 points, has already declared that he will skip the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora in order to concentrate on winning the downhill shot. This means that Odermatt’s first overall World Cup victory can hardly be taken away.
Source: Nachrichten
