Swiss skier Von Allmen wins home World Cup super-G as Odermatt has rare off day
Swiss skier Von Allmen wins home World Cup super-G as Odermatt has rare off day
Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen takes a jump as he speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Stefan Rogentin approaches the finish line of an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
United States’ Ryan Cochran Siegle speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen takes a jump as he speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen takes a jump as he speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Switzerland’s Stefan Rogentin approaches the finish line of an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Switzerland’s Stefan Rogentin approaches the finish line of an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
United States’ Ryan Cochran Siegle speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
United States’ Ryan Cochran Siegle speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, men’s World Cup Super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 (AP Photo/Giovanni Maria Pizzato)
WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — The powerful Switzerland men’s ski team won its home World Cup super-G on Friday, though it was Franjo von Allmen getting his first career win as Marco Odermatt had a rare poor result.
Odermatt finished outside the top five in a super-G for the first time since March 2022, 20 races ago, and trailed by more than one second in seventh place.
Von Allmen added to his breakout season by finishing 0.10 seconds clear of Austrian veteran Vincent Kriechmayr.
Swiss teammate Stefan Rogentin was 0.58 back in third in the longest super-G of the season. Von Allmen’s winning time of 1 minute, 47.65 seconds was more than some downhills.
It suited downhill racers on a sun-bathed day on the storied Lauberhorn hill where Von Allmen topped 133 kph (83 mph) on the Haneggschuss straight.
Von Allmen was runner-up in the last two downhills in the past month and will be favored with Odermatt for the classic downhill race on Saturday that is a signature event on the Swiss sports calendar. Odermatt won it a year ago.
Von Allmen was hugged in the leader’s box by American racer Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who jokingly urged the emerging Swiss star to “party hard” late into the night.
Three-time defending overall World Cup champion Odermatt had an uncharacteristically slow run in a super-G, and did not get his tactics right through a tight section of turns that always is key at Wengen.
Odermatt has 13 of his 42 career World Cup race wins in super-G and had his worst result in the discipline since March 2022 when he placed 28th at Kvitfjell, Norway.
“It was difficult for me today,” Odermatt told Swiss broadcaster RTS. “I wasn’t always on the right line and lost speed.”
Odermatt launched into a 34-meter jump off the Hundschopf cliff face that is a defining feature of the Lauberhorn that should be at its full 4.45-kilometer (2 ¾-mile) distance on Saturday. It is the longest and quirkiest race on the World Cup circuit with a winning time of around 2 minutes, 25 seconds.
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