COURCHEVEL: Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt beat Norwegian favourite Aleksander Aamodt Kilde to win gold in the flagship men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships in Courchevel today.
Odermatt, racing with bib No 10, laid down the challenge with a blistering run in 1:47.05s down the French resort’s daunting L’Eclipse piste and Kilde, starting 15th, could not match it.
The Norwegian, who also had to settle for silver in Thursday’s Super-G while Odermatt missed out in fourth place, crossed the line with a time 0.48 slower than the overall World Cup leader.
Canada’s Cameron Alexander took the bronze medal after starting 20th.