Marco Odermatt has won gold in the men’s super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships as the Swiss skier justified his status as the big pre-race favorite.

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,

Marco Odermatt cruised to super-G gold at Saalbach in the World Championships, but several skiiers ran into difficulty navigating the tricky Austrian course.