Kilde celebrates her win and the Super-G crystal ball win © APA/AFP/FabricCoffee
The sack is closed. After a nerve-wracking hundredth thriller, Alexander Amod Kilde won his second Super-G crystal ball and his 7th ball overall. Dominic Paris was a thankless fourth.
March 06, 2022
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It was a farce. Kilde brought up a quick but not flawless run till the end. His direct rival, Marko Odermatt, made an even worse mistake and fell far behind the Norwegian. None of the other athletes could hold a candle to Kilde, although it was too close at times. In the end, Kilde won ahead of James Crawford of Canada and Matthias Meyer of Austria. Dominic finished fourth, 0.09 seconds behind Paris Mayor.
It was clear from the start, Kilde wanted to end things today and crashed into the race at his home race with car number 7. Moment of shock again sometime after split second. After a right-hand turn, he came a little too straight next door and the leader of the Super-G classification lost his balance for a moment. But the excellent speed driver skillfully recaptured himself and ended his run 0.73 seconds ahead of interim leader Vincent Critchmire.
Alexander Amodt Kilde threw himself down the slope. © APA / AFP / Joe Klamer
His rival Marco Odermatt then came in with the starting number 9. He didn’t even make a mistake through the sharp-bladed barrel. The Swiss misjudged the first jump and went too straight for the next goal and had to make major corrections to stay in the race. The finish line was 1.68 seconds behind rival Kilde.
The next big competitor who could postpone the decision in the Battle of the Crystal Ball was third-place Mathias Meyer in the Super-G classification. After a brilliant run, the Austrian finished just behind Kilde. The interval was 0.12 seconds and was the mean of second place. Beat Fuse and James Crawford made it exciting again and finished just below Kilde by 0.31 seconds and 0.07 seconds respectively.
9 hundredth part was missing
What had long seemed like a podium for Dominic Paris, ended up thankless in fourth place. During his solid run, Altner was only 0.06 seconds behind the best time and Kilde sweated profusely. After minor mistakes in the final section, Paris was 0.21 seconds behind the Norwegian. Canada’s James Crawford scored a sensational run and ruined the game for Paris. Only 0.07 seconds behind, the Canadian finished in third place and pushed “Dome” off the podium.
Kilde wins Super G Bullet
This result means that Kilde closes the sack prematurely and grabs her second Super-G Crystal Globe after the 2015/16 season. It is already the 7th ball for Norway’s extraordinary talent, having won the overall World Cup two years ago. And it’s not over yet, with Kilde 23 points ahead of Beat Fuze in the downhill classification and thus has the best chance of catching both balls of speed competitions.
Christoph Innerhofer could not keep pace with the front runners in the Quetzfjell and fell 1.44 seconds behind.
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