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Odermatt completes Alta Badia double, stretches World Cup lead / Photo: © AFP
Odermatt completes Alta Badia double, stretches World Cup lead
Marco Odermatt powered to his third straight giant slalom win this season, extending his overall World Cup lead after dominating in Alta Badia on Monday.
The Swiss, who won on the same piste on Sunday, posted a combined time of two minutes and 28.14 seconds, finishing 1.05secs quicker than Austrian Marco Schwarz in second place.
Slovenia's Zan Kranjec completed the podium, a further 0.17secs adrift.
Odermatt became the first man to reel off six successive World Cup giant slalom wins, surpassing the runs of five in a row by Marcel Hirscher and Ingemar Stenmark.
Olympic giant slalom champion Odermatt is bidding for a third consecutive big crystal globe this season and extended his lead over Schwarz in the overall standings to 92 points.
The 26-year-old now has 27 World Cup race victories in his career.
S. Sokolow--BTZ
