Alpine skiing-Swiss Odermatt breaks 23-year-old record for most points in season

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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.Odermatt needed to finish on the podium to break Austrian great Hermann Maier's record of 2,000 overall points but the 25-year-old beat H

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.

"Today wasn't easy because of those damn 2,000 points. I really wanted the podium today. So another victory, two seconds ahead - I don't know what to say. Victory also gave Odermatt a place in history alongside Maier, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher as the only men to win 13 times in one season.

 

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