Crystal balls for Odermatt and Brignone: Weather Trouble at the final!

Crystal balls for Odermatt and Brignone: Weather Trouble at the final!

At the World Cup final in Sun Valley, USA, Twitter storm and snow flurry made the last challenge of the ski alpine season a real drama. It could have been exciting for women, because Federica Brignone and Lara Gut-Behrami fought a gripping head-to-head race around the small crystal ball of the discipline rating in the Super-G. Brignone currently leads with 570 points, only five points in front of the Swiss. While the last Super-G ended in La Thuile in favor of Brignone, the decision at the World Cup final was made by the adverse weather conditions, such as laola1.at in detail.

In the men, Marco Odermatt could not underpin his dominance with spectacular descents, since both planned races were canceled due to snow and strong winds. With this, the 27-year-old got the small crystal ball for the departure rating practically without a fight, which crowned him for the fourth time in his career for the overall World Cup winner, like lucernerzeitung.ch noted. Odermatt commented on the decision: "It is not the most beautiful way to win a ball. It's kind of a strange feeling." Despite the unfortunate exit, the Swiss was not only unbeatable this season on the departure.

As far as the women are concerned, the tension around the Super-G rating remains, because Brignone has the opportunity to win the discipline ratings in the Super-G and in the giant slalom, which could end with four crystal balls-a performance that Odermatt has already achieved this season. In the women's ranking, however, the decision about the small crystal ball was cut by the rejection of the races on knife, which was a bitter pill for the athletes. One last chance remains in the Super-G, where the outcome could now become more than decisive.