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SOLDEU, Andorra — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt broke the 23-year-old men’s record for most Globe Cup points in a single season Saturday just after dominating the giant slalom at the Globe Cup Finals.
Odermatt won the race by a huge two.11 seconds more than second-location Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway.
The victory lifted Odermatt’s tally to two,042 points and previous the earlier mark of two,000 set by Austrian fantastic Hermann Maier in the 1999-2000 season.
The general record, involving males and females, is held by Slovenian standout Tina Maze, who accrued two,414 points when she won the women’s general title in 2013.
“Nowadays it wasn’t straightforward. I was nervous once again for the reason that of these damn two,000 points,” Odermatt stated. “Now with a further victory, a lot more than two seconds ahead, I do not know what to say.”
Odermatt, who is the Olympic champion, matched a further finest mark with his 13th win of the season. No male skier has ever won a lot more races in a single campaign, and only Maier, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher accomplished the feat in the previous.
The general record for wins in a season is held by Mikaela Shiffrin, who won 17 occasions on her way to the 2018-19 women’s general title.
Odermatt had currently effectively defended his general title and secured the super-G and giant slalom discipline globes.
On Saturday, the Swiss standout posted the second-quickest time in his final run as he constructed on his clear lead from the 1st run, when he was 1.09 seconds more rapidly than Alexis Pinturault. The French skier dropped to eighth.
Kristoffersen ranked only eighth just after the opening leg ahead of climbing to second position. Marco Schwarz of Austria completed two.29 behind in third.
