Marco Odermatti’s rookie mistake also made Kalle Palander angry: “You can’t be fooled by that” | Sport

Marco Odermatt has been superior in the past season on the giant slalom slopes. The Swiss was looking for his tenth win of the season in Saalbach, but it happened differently.

by Marco Odermatti the statistics from the last three seasons have been amazing reading. This season he has won all nine races of the season and in Saalbach, Austria he was already hunting for his tenth consecutive victory of the season.

All in all, Odermatt had won 12 consecutive giant slalom competitions. Alpine size Ingemar Stenmark recently dropped to 15 consecutive giant slalom victories.

Over the course of three seasons, Odermatt has been able to finish in the top three in every giant slalom competition he has started (26). He missed one race due to injury.

So it’s no wonder that there was only one early favorite for Saturday’s giant slalom race: Marco Odermatt. However, the Swiss’s race ended in a stoppage, and it confused ‘s commentary:

– Help! What a big mistake! Is not real! commentator Nina Old house exclaimed.

Expert Kalle Palander tried next to understand what happened.

– He faltered once before. Made a similar mistake to his model above. It was a rare mistake as well, and then again on a flat downhill. He just lost his grip, Palander updated.

You can watch the situation and hear the reaction of the duo from the newsroom on the video at the main scene of the story.

According to Vanhatalo, Odermatt tried to do everything he could to correct his mistake, but didn’t have time. Palander couldn’t help but join Odermatti’s laughter as he landed next to the slope.

– He just laughs that it’s not real. The easiest turn of the slope. He’s probably thinking about it, you can’t be lazy about that.

The race was won by Odermatti’s teammate Loic Meillard before Andorra Joan Verdua and Switzerland Thomas Tumler.