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Alpine skiing-Odermatt closes in on overall points record with super-G win

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Switzerland's Marco Odermatt won a World Cup super-G in Soldeu, Andorra on Thursday to close in on the overall points record for a single season.Odermatt has 1942 points, 58 short of the record set by Austrian Hermann Maier in the 1999-2000 season, and needs only a podium place in the giant slalom on Saturday to break it.The 25-year-old finished in one minute, 23.91 seconds, 0.29 seconds ahead of Austrian Marco Schwarz while Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde came in third."I will treat this race (on Saturday) like any other race.

I will for sure celebrate today a little bit, and then try to go all in again on Saturday for the GS," Odermatt said.“We will see how much is left in the tank.

If it works, perfect. Otherwise, I have won enough.”Odermatt, who wrapped up the super-G title earlier this month, has won on six of his eights starts in the discipline this season.

He has 12 wins overall and as well as the overall title has also won the giant slalom globe. "I would say six victories out of eight races and two other podiums is nearly perfect.

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Switzerland's Marco Odermatt broke the men's record for most points in a World Cup season that had stood for 23 years when he won the giant slalom in Soldeu on Saturday.
Marco Odermatt clinched victory in the final giant slalom World Cup race of the year to rack up a record-breaking season’s point total in Soldeu. The Swiss skier has compiled a total of 2,042 points this World Cup season, breaking Hermann Maier's record. Ad And in his final giant slalom test of the term, Odermatt claimed his seventh gold in a combined time of 2:19.64 and grabbed overall giant slalom victory in a feat he could not believe.
Marco Odermatt underlined his dominance in men's ski racing Saturday by breaking the 23-year-old male record for most World Cup points in a single season.

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