SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — Austrian skier Marco Schwarz set up a close duel for victory with four-time overall champion Marco Odermatt in the first run of the season-opening men’s World Cup giant slalom on Sunday.

Racing in tough conditions due to fog and snowfall, Schwarz made up a massive 0.48 seconds on Odermatt in the flat final section of the Rettenbach course as he finished just one-hundredth off the Swiss star’s lead.

Schwarz’s teammate Stefan Brennsteiner was 0.25 behind in third, while the rest of the field had to make up more than half a second on Odermatt in the final run later Sunday.

“It was not easy, the course set from the third gate was rather slow and therefore a tough fight,” said Odermatt, who won Olympic GS gold in 2022. “I know Marco is hard to beat in the last section,

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