Olympic champion Marco Odermatt held off a challenge by home crowd favorite Marco Schwarz to win the season-opening men’s World Cup giant slalom in the Austrian Alps.

Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturault, Corinne Suter.

Overall World Cup leader Marco Schwarz has suffered a season-ending knee injury at an eventful downhill on the Stelvio.

Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won the men’s giant slalom for his second gold medal at the world championships.

First-run leader Alexis Pinturault has held on to win the gold medal in the men’s combined at his home world championships.

Austria's Marco Schwarz speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 21, 2021. All rights reservedLENZERHEIDE – World Cup slalom champion Marco Schwarz led the opening run of the season-ending race on Sunday. One day after securing his first overall World Cup title, Alexis Pinturault was ninth, trailing by 1.09. World champion Sebastian Foss-Solevaag was among six of the 26 starters who failed to finish their run, including Ben Ritchie. The 20-year-old American was invited to compete at the finals meeting as the junior world champion.

Austria's Marco Schwarz waves after crossing the finish line during the slalom portion of the men's combined race, at the alpine ski World Championships, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. All rights reservedCORTINA D'AMPEZZO – CORTINA D'The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local):___3:50 p.m.Marco Schwarz won the men’s combined to give Austria its third gold medal at the skiing world championships. He was four-tenths off the lead in fifth after the super-G portion before posting the fastest time in the slalom leg. Brignone beat Elena Curtoni by 0.01 as Italy went 1-2 in the super-G portion with Shiffrin looming in third. Two-time combined world champion Wendy Holdener of Switzerland finished 0.97 behind.