COURCHEVEL, France (Reuters) – Marco Odermatt was confirmed as the primary Swiss man for 12 years to win the overall Alpine snowboarding World Cup title after claiming second place within the last downhill of the season on Wednesday.
While the title was all however assured anyway, his runner-up spot behind Austria’s Vincent Kriechmayr on the World Cup Finals downhill in Courchevel gave him an unassailable lead within the standings forward of Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
The final Swiss man to win the title was Carlo Janka.
Odermatt, 24, has additionally received this season’s big slalom title, having additionally taken gold within the self-discipline on the Beijing Olympics the place Swiss skiers loved a dominant Games.
Kriechmayr edged out Odermatt by 0.34 seconds on Wednesday with Swiss Beat Feuz, the Olympic champion, in third place.
Kilde may solely handle fourth place.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
