Tomba The Terrific: Italy’s Superstar Skier Slaloms To 10th Victory

Alberto Tomba continues to be almost invincible. The Italian superstar skied to his 10th victory in 12 tries this season, winning a giant slalom on Saturday to move closer to his first World Cup overall title.

The 28-year-old - perfect in seven slaloms and 3-for-5 in the giant slalom - was clocked in a composite 2 minutes, 21.96 seconds. He used a dramatic late surge to finish just ahead of Jure Kosir of Slovenia.

Tomba’s previous season best of nine wins was in 1988 and 1992. Ingemar Stenmark, the Swedish great, holds the men’s record with 13 victories in 1979. Tomba probably would have to win the four remaining races in his disciplines to eclipse Stenmark’s record.