Maze surprised nobody broke her record yet

"This is actually quite powerful. I'm aware of this now," Maze told the STA on the sidelines of the Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she has been cheering young athletes.

"I thought Mikaela will surpass my score easily, because there is no world championship (this season) and because there are many more World Cup events, whereas when I achieved this we had a world championship in between, which meant no World Cup races for two weeks and thus fewer points.

"What is happening to Mikaela actually only confirms how exceptional my season was. It was unique. But I knew that if I ever make sports history with records in Alpine skiing it will be in a single season, because I was too far behind in my career until 2013."

Still, becoming an Olympic champion in Sochi in 2014 was exquisite for Maze. "I see it rather as a higher force, something more ....

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