Marco Odermatt’s try at historical past was largely negated not by one other skier however by his personal lack of steadiness in Saturday’s World Cup last.
Odermatt’s World Cup large slalom successful streak ended at 12, leaving him two in need of the report.
In the World Cup Final GS held in Saalbach, Austria, Odermatt misplaced management early on the second run and went off the course, however his compatriot Loïc Meillard gained.
Odermatt recorded the quickest first run by 4 tenths of a second. In the second run, reside timing confirmed the lead was near seven-tenths when he began 22 seconds into the run.
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“It wasn’t strain,” he says. “The second run I felt very relaxed. The first run I used to be a little bit nervous once more.
“I used to be a little bit upset with the consequence. In this good season, it is not good proper now, however yeah, that is ski racing.”
The 26-year-old Odermatt, who had already gained the season’s general World Cup title, had gained each World Cup GS occasion up till March final yr.
The report for consecutive wins in any occasion was 14, set by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark within the GS from 1978 to 1980.
Odermatt was additionally the primary to win all races in a single season in one of many main disciplines (GS, slalom, downhill, super-G) since compatriot Breni Schneider gained all seven slalom occasions in 1988-89. He was aiming to change into the primary alpine skier.
Odermatt might make historical past within the last two races of the season, the super-G and downhill at subsequent weekend’s World Cup finals.
He at the moment ranks with three retired legends, Stenmark and Austrians Hermann Mayer and Marcel Hirscher, for the lads’s single-season win report in all occasions (downhill, super-G, GS, slalom) with 13.
American Mikaela Shiffrin holds the single-season wins report for women and men with 17 wins in all occasions in 2018-19.