Swiss bliss as Odermatt completes crystal collection

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Swiss standout Marco Odermatt earned his fourth World Cup crystal globe of the season on Sunday in anticlimactic circumstances as the final race was canceled due to bad weather.

Odermatt's first downhill title saw the 26-year-old become only the fourth male skier to win four classifications in one season and the first since Hermann Maier did it in 2001.

"Something very special," Odermatt said. "I spoke to Hermann two years ago in the summer, when I won my first globes and he told me it is cool when you can hold all the globes. So I think this will be a good feeling."