Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt holds the first-place trophy at the finish area of an alpine ski men’s World Cup super-G race in Soldeu, Andorra, on Thursday.
Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt holds the first-place trophy at the finish area of an alpine ski men’s World Cup super-G race in Soldeu, Andorra, on Thursday.
SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt won the men’s super-G at the World Cup Finals on Thursday to close in on the 23-year-old record for most points in a single season.
The victory raised Odermatt’s tally to 1,942 points, leaving him 58 short of the all-time mark set by Austrian great Hermann Maier in the 1999-2000 season.
Odermatt can break the record of 2,000 points with a top-three finish in Saturday’s giant slalom. He has finished on the podium in all eight giant slalom races he started this season.
“I have achieved everything I wanted this season so I’m going to celebrate today,” said Odermatt, who has secured the overall, super-G and giant slalom season titles. “With what’s left in my tank, I will attack on Saturday. When it happens, then it’s great. If not, then I don’t owe anyone an explanation.”
Theoretically, Odermatt would have another chance in Sunday’s season-ending slalom, but he has never raced in that event on World Cup level.
The overall record, between men and women, is held by Slovenian standout Tina Maze, who gathered 2,414 points when she won the women’s overall title 10 years ago.
Odermatt, a two-time overall champion, had already locked up the season title in super-G after winning five of the previous seven races. He added his sixth triumph in the discipline, and 12th overall this season, by beating Marco Schwarz, of Austria, by 0.29 seconds.
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