Loic Meillard led a Swiss podium sweep in a giant slalom in Norway as second-placed Marco Odermatt clinched a third straight World Cup title in the discipline and made a fourth straight overall crown official as well on Saturday.

Reigning world champion Loic Meillard kept alive his World Cup Alpine skiing slalom title hopes by winning the season's penultimate race in the discipline in Norway on Sunday.

Henrik Kristoffersen, who leads the slalom standings, placed fifth but the Norwegian saw his advantage over Meillard reduced to 47 points with only the season-ending race remaining at the World Cup finals in Sun Valley, Idaho on March 27.

Swiss ski star Marco Odermatt swept up his fourth consecutive World Cup overall and giant slalom crystal globes after finishing second on Saturday behind compatriot Loic Meillard in Hafjell. But he has consoled himself in the World Cup and is well on his way to achieving the triple crown of the super-G,

Switzerland's Marco Odermatt wins his fourth consecutive World Cup overall and giant slalom crystal globes with a second-place finish at Hafjell.

Marco Odermatt finished second behind Swiss teammate Loic Meillard in a World Cup giant slalom to formally lock up his fourth straight overall and GS titles.