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(L-R) Norway's second placed Henrik Kristoffersen, Switzerland's winner Marco Odermatt and Switzerland's third placed Loic Meillard celebrate on the podium after the Giant Slalom ski racing discipline for the 2024/2025 FIS Alpine season. Christopher Levy/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Loic Meillard kept his strong form upstaged Marco Odermatt in a Swiss one-two in the final giant slalom of the World Cup season on Wednesday.
Maillard held on to a first run lead to beat team mate Odermatt by a massive .95 of a second for a second straight giant slalom success, a third season win and a seventh overall.
Odermatt rose from fifth the second and Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen completed the podium in third, 1.14 seconds off the pace.
Odermatt had already clinched the discipline title before Wednesday's finale, on the podium in all seven races he completed after going out in the first two, for three victories and runner-up spots each, and one third place.
He ended the season with eight victories, and heads into the off-season with the same four titles as last year, overall, downhill, super-g and giant slalom. He has four overall and giant slalom titles in his career, three in the super-g and two in the downhill.
"I am very happy with a another podium. Loic is in amazing shape, he deserves it and I am super happy, too. This is nice after a slow season start. I was able to keep my level," said Odermatt, who also won the super-g world title last month.
"Every globe is super hard to win. The others are pushing me."
The alpine season concludes on Thursday with slalom races for men and women, and both titles are still up for grabs.
Slalom and team combined world champion Meillard can complete a Swiss sweep of all men's titles if he makes up a 47-point deficit on Kristoffersen.
"It will be a battle," he told Eurosport, while Kristoffersen said: "It will be painful for the mind."
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Swiss alpine ski racer Marco Odermatt celebrates with the crystal globe after winning the overall award in the Giant Slalom ski racing discipline for the 2024/2025 FIS Alpine season. Christopher Levy/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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