The Swiss athlete was last out the gate, and put down a run in which he was able to show more confidence in his outside ski than others had done, and though his run was not mistake-free, he eventually crossed the line to an eruption of noise from the home crowd in a time of 2:31.23. His time was 0.49 seconds better than second-place Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA/Atomic), while Leo Anguenot (FRA/Rossignol) came third (+0.68) to claim a second ever World Cup podium following his second-place finish in Alta Badia last season.
Odermatt’s victory also brings him alongside Stenmark as the only two athletes to win five Giant Slaloms in total in Adelboden, as well as putting him equal with Michael von Gruenigen (SUI) in third place of the all-time most Giant Slalom podium places with 46 – a list topped by Stenmark with 72 top-three finishes.
“For me Adelboden was my first love and will always be my big love,” said Odermatt, who first won on the iconic Chuenisbärgli in January 2022.
“I was here as a small kid, it was always a big dream of mine to start here, to be a World Cup skier.
“Now to win this, my childhood dream, for a fifth time in a row is really special.”
