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,

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,

Switzerland's Marco Odermatt won the men's super-G at the Alpine World Championships by a second over Raphael Haaser of Austria, the largest margin in any speed race at worlds since 1991.

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.

Now a three-time world champion, Odermatt spoke with CBC Sports' Devin Heroux after winning gold in the men's super-G, at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.

I felt my skis were perfect, did exactly what I wanted, and this gives you in a difficult super-G the confidence to ski your line, t