Overview
- The Swiss star earned his 51st World Cup victory and 29th in giant slalom, regaining the discipline's red bib and extending his overall lead.
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen finished 0.49 seconds back in second and now trails Odermatt by 467 points in the overall race.
- France’s Léo Anguenot took third for his second World Cup podium and the first French giant-slalom podium of this Olympic season.
- Racers confronted heavy, icy snow as Odermatt, emotional about past DNFs and a 2021 knee injury on the course, celebrated finally mastering the finish.
- Austria’s Marco Schwarz made a second-run mistake and slipped to third in the overall chase, while Alexis Pinturault placed 12th.