MERIBEL, France (AP) a Tina Maze of Slovenia clinched her first overall World Cup title Sunday, earning the super-combined for her eighth victory this year with seven contests still to go. Labyrinth led the part and coasted house in the slalom after Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out of rivalry. A season record was also tied by her with her 18th top-three finish, corresponding the podium level set by Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. "I am a psychological person; used to do not want to cry (on the podium )," Maze said, introducing she felt tired prior to the slalom. "I went along to the bathroom six times before I started." Maze already has 1,844 things and is all but certain to beat the summer season record a' men or women a' of 2,000 held by Austrian great Hermann Maier. "It is truly special since it is so hard to gain. For me it is special to keep this level of skiing," Maze said. "To be on the top is incredible. It's an excellent year for me personally. Even if there have been ups and downs I've always come back." Barring injury, Maze will probably break the men's and women's points record and seal her place in skiing history with the women's year record for podiums. She is also seeking to become only the 3rd woman to win all five discipline events in one season and requires only a downhill win to do so. She had a chance Saturday, but finished last, and now has two downhills outstanding, beginning next week in the German resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Hoefl-Riesch is second in the overall rankings but is 958 points behind and does not have any potential for closing the distance. Each victory is worth 100 points. Lindsey Vonn, the four-time overall success and defending champion, fell out of competition after she took a monthlong break as a result of an intestinal illness and then was done for the season after a leg injury at the planet championships. Vonn continues to be third total with 740 points. "I am really tired now, especially after having a long day like today," the 29-year-old Maze said. "Today was so tough, I didn't know where I was. The course was almost gone off by me twice. But I recently were able to get the gates. It is crazy." Nicole Hosp of Austria, the planet title bronze medalist in super-combi, done 2nd, while countrywoman Michaela Kirchgasser took third with an excellent slalom run. Network is also in competition to get all five discipline games. "My target will be focused before the end of the growing season since there are many small globes that are available and possible to get," she said. "I want to hold this level of skiing before the end. I do not want to go down; I want to help keep it at the high level." Hosp, the Planet Cup winner in 2007, lauded Maze's reliability. "There are no words to explain Tina's incredible season," she said. Julia Mancuso went near to clinching the next super-combi podium of her profession and her first in six years. But the American built a little mistake midway through, slipping forward on her skis. Labyrinth is attempting to end up being the first woman to break the 2,000-point barrier. She could smash Vonn's mark of 1,980 from last season and surpass Maier men's history of 2,000 in 1999-00. "It has been an exceptional period for Tina," Kirchgasser said. "To be to date ahead in the points. Last time it was a person who won with more than 2,000 factors and I really do not think Tina will soon be far off." Maze's incredible season also incorporates three gold medals from the sides in Schladming, Austria a gold in super-G and silver in super-combi and giant slalom. She dropped from an additional silver to Hoefl-Riesch and felt Sunday's win fairly made up for that. "I had that at heart because in Schladming I did maybe not do a good slalom," she said. A lot was not risked by "i and today I did different. Therefore by the end it's a revenge, too, but the goal was better skiing from my side. "It is an excellent mountain, I'd some troubles recently in downhill," Maze said. "I had some trouble on the top. But the remaining portion of the slope is like a dream."
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