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Odermatt defends himself: “No citizen wants it!”

Marco Odermatt has taken a stand against a portrait picture in his home town.

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Marco Odermatt has objected to the placement of a portrait picture in his home town of Buochs. The Swiss citizen argues that no citizen wants to see his face at the entrance to the village every day. An alternative solution has now been found.

"No citizen wants to see their own grind or someone else's head every morning, every lunchtime and every evening," explains Odermatt in an interview with Blick. This is why the Swiss skier also opposed the placement of a portrait of himself at the entrance to Buochs.

His home town wanted to honor the Swiss ski dominator with it. A noble idea, but Odermatt warned: "I wouldn't want it in any case. And I believe that even fans of mine would have gotten the 'disgust' at some point if they had seen my picture every time they drove through Buochs". 

A solution could be found
It would be even worse for people who "couldn't relate" to him, joked the 27-year-old, who would just think: "No, please not Odermatt again". That's why an alternative has now been found. Although Buochs did not completely do without a campaign, there is now no portrait photo, but one of Odermatt during a race.

It seems that all sides have now been able to live with this and so far there have been no reports that anyone has already received a "spoiler". Let's see if this isn't more likely to be the case with the competition on the occasion of his sporting achievements. After all, the home weekend in Wengen is coming up.