At halftime on Sunday, the Carinthian was 0.36 seconds behind the top favorite Marco Odermatt from Switzerland. The Croatian Filip Zubcic placed in between (+0.31). Schwarz’ lead over fourth-placed Zan Kranjec is half a second.
Stefan Brennsteiner was the second best Austrian following 30 runners in seventh place (+1.78). Manuel Feller’s attack on a slippery Gran Risa was associated with too many slipping phases (12th/+2.19). Raphael Haaser had no chance following coordination problems (+5.84). Odermatt won the last four races in this discipline across all seasons and was in a class of his own most recently in Val d’Isère.
