Overview
- Odermatt prevailed by 0.79 seconds over Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr, with Italy’s Giovanni Franzoni third at +0.90 for his first World Cup downhill podium.
- Strong winds forced officials to lower the start below the Hundschopf, cutting roughly 50 seconds from the classic track and creating variable, grippy conditions.
- Franjo von Allmen delivered a daring run and crashed into the fencing at the finish yet secured fourth place for Switzerland.
- The result continues Odermatt’s dominant downhill campaign with three victories from four races, the other start yielding a runner-up finish.
- Germany’s struggles persisted as Simon Jocher finished +2.01, Luis Vogt +2.67, and Romed Baumann +3.17, with Jocher alone having met an Olympic qualification norm earlier in the season.