Schwarz pips Odermatt in California giant slalom | The Express Tribune
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LOS ANGELES: Austria's Marco Schwarz won his first World Cup giant slalom beating Swiss favourite Marco Odermatt by three hundredths of a second at Palisades Tahoe on Saturday. Odermatt, the overall World Cup leader who earned World Championships giant slalom and downhill gold in Courchevel this month, led after the first run but the pressure was on after a fine second effort from Schwarz. The Swiss lost his line, going wide in the upper section of the course, losing over half a second on Schwarz but then attacked the bottom of the course making up time but falling just short. The win for Schwarz is the first giant slalom World Cup win for Austria since the now retired technical specialist Marcel Hircher's 2019 triumph in Adelboden. Schwarz won bronze at the recent World Championships and took silver in the combined. It was Odermatt's 16th straight podium in giant slalom and extends his lead over Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde in the overall stan