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Marco Odermatt (25) is having an excellent season. For the second time in a row he wins the overall World Cup and also gets the small ball in Super-G and giant slalom.
Before the season finale in Soldeu (And), Odermatt has 1826 points to his name and is aiming for a historic record. Hermann Maier (50) was the only driver to break through the magic mark of 2000 points in the 1999/2000 season. So could the Nidwaldner.
There are 174 points missing
He contests three races in Andorra. To get at least 174 points, he needs an average of 58 per race. His previous cut? About 79 points. A win (100 points) and a second place (80 points) are enough to surpass Maiers 2000. Three third places (60 points) would mean the new record. Even two sixth places (40 points) in the speed races plus a victory in his favorite giant slalom discipline would be enough points.
When you look at the record seasons of the two in comparison, there are differences. At age 27, Maier was two years older than Odermatt. The Austrian has driven a total of 30 races. He did not score five times – three times he was eliminated, twice he missed the second point in the slalom. And Odermatt? He has driven 26 races (including the World Cup final). He did not score once – as 54th after his near-fall in Kitzbühel (Austria). Then he also had to sit out two races due to a knee injury.
The classifications of the two are similar. Maier’s worst result is a 6th place, Odermatt’s – if you ignore Kitzbühel – a 7th place. When it comes to victories, the Swiss has an edge. So far he has climbed to the top of the podium eleven times, Maier has triumphed ten times. But the Austrian was on the podium twelve more times (seven 2nd and five 3rd places), Odermatt nine times so far (five 2nd and four 3rd places).
Two wins for another record
So sometimes one is slightly ahead, sometimes the other. But it should also be taken into account that Maier set the record in a season without a major event, while a world championship took place this winter. If there had been World Cup points there too, Odermatt would have passed 2000 long ago. He is still hesitant to set the record: “If I cross the 2000 mark, it would be something very special for me. This record would probably last longer. But there is still a long way to go before that happens. “
Specifically, this path consists of three races. And with that, Odermatt could also set another record. Together with the Austrians Maier, Marcel Hirscher (34) and Stephan Eberharter (53, ten wins), he is the only athlete this millennium to achieve a double-digit number of World Cup victories in one winter this millennium. Hirscher (2017/18) and Maier (2000/01) hold the record with 13 wins. Odermatt misses two to tie the game. (bir)
Source : Blick
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