Marco Odermatt adds another super-G win as he closes on record men's overall points haul at Soldeu
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Updated 16/03/2023 at 14:20 GMT
Marco Odermatt's dominance on the slopes continued at the Alpine Ski World Cup Finals as he claimed another victory in the super-G - this time in Soldeu. The win leaves Odermatt on 1,942 points in the overall standings - 58 short of Austrian Hermann Maier's all-time record of 2,000. Odermatt can break the record with a top-three finish in Saturday’s giant slalom.
'That was a spectacular ski' - Odermatt wins super-G at World Cup finals in Soldeu
Marco Odermatt won the super-G at the World Cup Finals in Soldeu, edging him closer to a record overall points haul.
Odermatt beat Austria’s Marco Schwarz into second and Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde into third.
The 25-year-old - winner of the overall, the super-G and the giant slalom titles this season - is now just 58 short of Austrian Hermann Maier's all-time overall men's record of 2,000 points from the 1999-2000 season. He can break the record with a top-three finish in Saturday’s giant slalom.
The highest overall points record belongs to Tina Maze, who claimed 2,414 points in 2013.
The Swiss superstar has been imperious this season in the super-G and made it five wins from eight in the discipline, firing himself down the mountain in a time of 1:23.91 in Soldeu.
Schwarz, who claimed his first super-G podium, raced into an early lead as a time of 1:24.20 sent him top of the leaderboard.
The time was enough to keep Kilde at bay as the Norwegian could only manage to finish 0.42 seconds slower - which was good enough for second.
He soon found himself nudged down to third following Odermatt’s blistering run, though.
Kilde’s overall super-G finish wasn’t impacted as he remained second behind Odermatt with Vincent Kriechmayr in third.
The Austrian Kriechmayr, who secured downhill success 24 hours earlier, didn’t have the best of days, recording a DNF.
For Odermatt, all that remains from what has been a glittering campaign is a chance to break the record for most points in a single World Cup season.
The 25-year-old sits on 1,942 points in the overall standings ahead of the giant slalom on Saturday where he could surpass the men’s record of exactly 2,000 points set by Maier.
Should he pass on that opportunity, he could have another chance in the slalom on Sunday, but that would be his first World Cup level race in that discipline were he to attempt it.
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