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.

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,

Marco Odermatt won gold in the men's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships, justifying his status as the big pre-race favorite.

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