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.

G at the Alpine skiing world championships Friday, justifying his status as the big prerace favorite. The lauded Swiss standout beat silver medalist Raphael Haaser by one second as the Austrian skier earned the host nation's second medal,

Swiss favourite Marco Odermatt lived up to his billing with a dominant run to add men's super-G gold to his career collection at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Friday.