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.

Swiss favourite Marco Odermatt lived up to his billing with a dominant run to men's super-G gold at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Friday.Odermatt was a full second faster than Austrian silver medallist Raphael Haaser,

Marco Odermatt cruised to super-G gold at Saalbach in the World Championships, but several skiiers ran into difficulty navigating the tricky Austrian course.