On Saturday 10 January 2026, Marco Odermatt claimed his fifth consecutive Adelboden giant slalom. The Swiss skier now stands alone as the only man to win five World Cup races in a row at a single venue.
Five straight, one first
Ingemar Stenmark won four times on the Chuenisbärgli between 1979 and 1982, but those victories were not consecutive. Odermatt’s unbroken streak from 2022 through 2026 surpasses that mark and sets a sharper record.
A treacherous second run
Heavy snow and an icy surface made the course deteriorate as the day wore on. Title rivals Marco Schwarz and Stefan Brennsteiner both skied out, unable to hold their line. Odermatt made an early mistake in his final run but recovered instantly, powering through the bottom section to stop the clock at 2:31.23.
Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen finished 0.49 seconds back in 2:31.72. France’s Leo Anguenot took third, a further 0.19 seconds adrift. At the finish, Odermatt let out a scream as hundreds of Swiss flags rose behind him.
A career built on big numbers
The win was his sixth of the 2025–26 season and returned him to the top of the giant slalom standings. It arrived barely a month before the Milano Cortina Olympics, adding to a career that already counts 54 World Cup victories and 102 podiums.
He remains the most successful male Swiss skier in World Cup history, having surpassed Pirmin Zurbriggen, and still holds the men’s single-season points record with 2,042.
“Adelboden has a special place in my heart and I’m so happy to do it here with an amazing crowd and my family,” he told reporters afterwards. “I think that’s the secret, everyone here, they really made me push harder.”
The all-time Chuenisbärgli win record — nine, across two disciplines — still belongs to Marcel Hirscher. But on the slope he calls home, Odermatt has built something no other man holds: five straight years arriving first.
