Odermatt wins again in Garmisch as another big crash hits Cortina

Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt sealed his ninth win of the World Cup season in the super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday, according to provisional results.

A day after his fourth place in the first race on the Kandahar piste, the 26-year-old defending World Cup champion showed a much improved performance to extend his lead at the top of the overall standings.

Austrian Raphael Haaser was 0.30 seconds adrift in second, with Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen a surprise third.

Immediately before the race, former top German skier Josef Ferstl, 35, bid farewell to fans and active competitive sport with an out-of-competition run.

Switzerland's Olympic champion Lara Gut-Behrami won the women's super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday but another big crash again marred the alpine skiing World Cup programme.

Canadian skier Valerie Grenier hit a bump and then the icy piste at high speed. She was treated for several minutes and transported away on a rescue sled.

Defending World Cup champion and leader Mikaela Shiffrin crashed heavily in the downhill on Friday and skipped the other races in the Dolomites as a result. Shiffrin will also miss the giant slalom at Kronplatz on Tuesday as she recovers from a knee injury.

Gut-Behrami's 41st World Cup win meant she closed the gap on the American in the battle for overall season glory and took over at the top of the discipline standings.

Stephanie Venier from Austria, who won Friday's downhill, was 0.21 seconds behind in second ahead of Frenchwoman Romane Miradoli.

Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel, who won a first ever World Cup downhill on Saturday, placed fourth.