Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Men's Downhill - Courchevel, France - March 16, 2022 Switzerland's Marco Odermatt reacts after his run REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
COURCHEVEL, France (Reuters) - Marco Odermatt was confirmed as the first Swiss man for 12 years to win the overall Alpine skiing World Cup title after claiming second place in the final downhill of the season on Wednesday.
While the title was all but assured anyway, his runner-up spot behind Austria's Vincent Kriechmayr at the World Cup Finals downhill in Courchevel gave him an unassailable lead in the standings ahead of Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.
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