Marco Odermatt sets World Cup points record with GS win
espn.comSOLDEU, Andorra — 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 season.
The Swiss standout won his last race of the season, the giant slalom at the World Cup Finals, by a massive 2.11 seconds over second-place Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway.
The victory lifted Odermatt's total to 2,042 points and past the previous mark of 2,000 set by Austrian great Hermann Maier in the 1999-2000 season. «Sorry, Hermann,» Odermatt quipped in a postrace interview with Austrian TV, adding the record meant «a lot» to him. «The past days, I always said: no no, not so important, just numbers,» Odermatt said. «But like I felt today, with the pressure again, I knew it was more important than I said.
I'm very happy that it worked.» Last week, Maier wrote on his website that he hoped Odermatt would overtake him. «In my eyes Marco hasn't even reached his zenith and can still improve, especially in downhill,» Maier said.
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