2:25.64. Marco Odermatt won the Lauberhorn downhill on Saturday by 0.59 seconds from Cyprien Sarrazin, with Dominik Paris third at 1.92. On Thursday, on the same hill, he won the replacement downhill, his first World Cup downhill win after 11 podiums. Two Wengen downhills in three days. Saturday’s win was his 31st in the World Cup.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time / Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco OdermattSUI | SUI | 2:25.64 |
| 2 | Cyprien SarrazinFRA | FRA | +0.59 |
| 3 | Dominik ParisITA | ITA | +1.92 |
Where it was won: the Kernen-S
The Kernen-S, also called the Bruggli-S, is the tight S-bend in the middle of the course. Odermatt was the only skier who took it at full speed, and he came out almost a second up on the field. Paris lost much of his time in the same section. After one small mistake at the top, Odermatt was otherwise clean. Through the Hanneggschuss he was timed at 149.22 km/h.
The Lauberhorn is 4.2 km, the longest course on the circuit. A second gained in the Kernen-S then has to be held for more than a minute, through the Hanneggschuss and the long final section. Odermatt held it.
Kilde
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, a three-time Wengen winner, had been ill with flu all week. He was third in Thursday’s downhill and third in Friday’s super-G, which Sarrazin won ahead of Odermatt. On Saturday, more than two minutes into the run, he lost his balance entering the final curves, erred again into the left-hander before the finish and went into the safety nets in sight of the line. He was treated on the course, airlifted to hospital, and had surgery in Bern on Saturday evening. The Norwegian team doctor reported a dislocated shoulder and a cut to the calf, with no fractures.
Kilde is the 2020 overall champion and the two-time defending downhill globe winner.
Standings
Odermatt leads four of the five World Cup standings.