COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Marco Odermatt secured the World Cup super-G title on Sunday for the fourth consecutive season.
The Swiss star, though, didn’t have to race for it this weekend as both scheduled super-G events in the French Alps were canceled amid heavy snowfall.
Odermatt holds an insurmountable 158-point lead over runner-up Vincent Kriechmayr of Austria in the discipline standings with just one super-G remaining, next weekend at the World Cup Finals in Norway.
A race win is worth 100 points.
Organizers called off Sunday’s race as “the slope is unfortunately not safe to race on,” the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said hours before its scheduled start.
Saturday’s race was canceled because of fog and ongoing snowfall, and with the season ending next week, both races were not rescheduled.
Odermatt won two of the six super-G events this season and is the only racer with multiple wins in the discipline.
He added the super-G globe to the overall and downhill titles he locked up following his third-place finish in Friday’s downhill. He is also a strong favorite to take the giant slalom title next week.
Odermatt won those four globes also in each of the past two years.
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Workers clear snow from the stands as an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G was cancelled following a heavy snowfall, in Courchevel, France, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
A view of the finish area as an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G was cancelled following a heavy snowfall, in Courchevel, France, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Fog shrouds the course as a men's World Cup super-G was cancelled due to bad weather, in Courchevel, France, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) — Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, authorities said.
New Mexico State Police said three of the four people who were found unresponsive inside the home east of Albuquerque died. The fourth was being treated at a hospital in Albuquerque.
During the response, authorities said, first responders were exposed to the substance and began experiencing symptoms including nausea and dizziness.
Officials at University of New Mexico Hospital confirmed that 23 patients who were exposed to an unknown substance were assessed and decontaminated after being transported to the hospital. Most of those were first responders who were showing no symptoms and were later discharged.
Medical teams continued to monitor three symptomatic patients Wednesday evening, according to the hospital.
Two first responders were listed in serious condition, said Officer Wilson Silver with New Mexico State Police.
Albuquerque Fire Rescue Hazmat teams were assisting at the scene in Mountainair, a rural community east of Albuquerque, in efforts to identify the substance involved.
“At this time, investigators believe the substance may be transmitted through contact and do not believe it to be airborne,” Silver said.
A police vehicle and yellow tape blocked a dirt road leading to the home.
While the investigation was ongoing, Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto said in a social media post that indications were pointing toward drugs as a possible factor in the deaths at the home. He added that there was no threat to the public.
Residents, however, took to social media to voice their frustrations about drug use in the community and elsewhere.
The mayor said the town's law enforcement officers and first responders work every day to protect the community and respond to difficult situations.
“But the reality is that addiction and substance abuse are issues affecting communities all across our state and nation,” Nieto said. “There is no simple or immediate solution. Lasting change requires family support, accountability, education, and most importantly, individuals who are willing to accept help.”
Montoya Bryan reported from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
New Mexico State Police respond to home in Mountainair, N.M., where authorities say several people died Wednesday, May 20, 2026, and more than a dozen first responders were exposed to an unknown substance and later treated at a hospital. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters)
The University of New Mexico Hospital is seen on July 25, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
A New Mexico State Police vehicle blocks off a neighborhood in Mountainair, N.M., where authorities say several people died Wednesday, May 20, 2026, and more than a dozen first responders were exposed to an unknown substance and later treated at a hospital. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters)
FILE - A New Mexico State Police emblem is displayed on podium during a news conference, March 16, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)
