LOS ANGELES - Unstoppable Marco Odermatt won the first World Cup super-G of the season, edging Vincent Kriechmayr by eight-hundredths of a second to snatch the victory at Copper Mountain, Colorado.
Odermatt, the four-time defending World Cup overall champion, clocked 1min 07.70sec to add a victory in the first speed event of the season to his season-opening giant slalom win in Soelden last month.
The 28-year-old Swiss underscored his status as the man to beat in a 2025-26 campaign geared toward the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in February.
Austria's Kriechmayr, starting seventh, had set a target with a storming run in 1:07.78.
But Odermatt -- who collected the super-G, giant slalom and downhill titles last season -- wouldn't be denied, surging into first with a near flawless run.
Austrian Raphael Haaser was third, 0.13sec behind Odermatt, with compatriot Stefan Babinsky fourth.
"First speed race of the season -- great day for me," Odermatt said. "I had a great run from top to the bottom. I had a good plan in my mind and I could really ski this so, yeah, happy with my performance."
The alpine World Cup circuit is back at Copper Mountain this year for the first time since 2001. Men will race a giant slalom on Friday before women's giant slalom and slalom races at the weekend.