Marco Odermatt won gold in the men’s super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Friday, justifying his status as the big pre-race favorite. The lauded Swiss standout beat silver medalist Raphael Haaser by one second as the Austrian skier earned the host nation's second medal,

Marco Odermatt opened a World Championships where he could be the defining skier by winning the super-G by the largest margin in any speed race at worlds in 34 years. Odermatt, the 27-year-old Swiss Lion King,

Swiss favourite Marco Odermatt lived up to his billing with a dominant run to men's super-G gold at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Friday.Odermatt was a full second faster than Austrian silver medallist Raphael Haaser,

The contrast between Alpine skiing powerhouses Austria and Switzerland could hardly be bigger heading into the world championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.