Odermatt draws Federer comparison after downhill gold

Published February 12, 2023 9:58 AM

By ANDREW DAMPF and ERIC WILLEMSEN
Associated Press

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won gold in the men’s downhill for his first career medal at a world championships. Odermatt had a flawless run on the demanding L’Eclipse course to beat Aleksander Aamodt Kilde by 0.48 seconds as the Norwegian added to his silver from Thursday’s super-G. Cameron Alexander finished 0.89 behind to take the bronze for Canada’s second medal at the worlds after teammate James Crawford won the super-G. Odermatt is the overall World Cup champion but had not won a medal in eight previous starts at senior world championships after winning five golds at the 2018 junior worlds.

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