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Marco Odermatt Shatters Trophy During Celebration

Originally posted on Powder | By Ian Greenwood | Last updated Mar 27, 2025 5:03 PM ET

On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho, Swiss skier Marco Odermatt was awarded one of alpine racing’s highest honors—a Giant Slalom Crystal Globe. Then, he broke it.

Odermatt tried to toss the glass trophy into the air, but it collided with one of the medals around his neck, shattering its base. In the giant slalom finish corral, he picked up the scattered bits of the latest addition to his trophy collection.

“I have some pieces of glass now to share with the coaches,” Odermatt cracked, according to the Associated Press.

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Tap or click below to watch Odermatt share the broken trophy with his coaches.

For Odermatt, one partially broken Crystal Globe isn’t much of a loss. Over the course of his career, the dominant alpine racer has taken 13 World Cup Crystal Globes. Alongside the Giant Slalom season win, Odermatt took the Downhill and Super-G Crystal Globes this winter. On Thursday, he’ll receive the overall Crystal Globe.

It also isn’t the first time Odermatt has slipped up with a trophy in his hand. While celebrating his first World Cup podium in 2019, he dropped the trophy.

“I have half a piece of it still at home,” Odermatt said, according to the Associated Press. “It’s a nice story.”

Starting in 2022, Odermatt has won four consecutive Giant Slalom Crystal Globes. He ranked high enough ahead of the last Giant Slalom race in Sun Valley to secure the Crystal Globe in advance. He still wowed during the event, though, placing second just behind fellow countryman Loic Meillard. Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway took third.

Marco Odermatt cruises down the giant slalom course in Sun Valley, Idaho. Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

Sun Valley’s season sendoff concluded Thursday with a standout performance from Mikaela Shiffrin, the once-injured American racer who, after a bad fall in Killington, Vermont, has been working to rediscover her footing after missing several races this World Cup Season.

In Sun Valley, though, Shiffrin was as poised as ever across her two runs, rocketing into first place with a wide lead. She surpassed the second-place finisher, the German Lena Duerr, by just over a second, taking her 101st World Cup career win. It was her fourth victory in six slalom starts this season.

This article first appeared on Powder and was syndicated with permission.

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