Well done Tina Maze!!

Tina Maze has won the Women's Downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, ahead of Laurenne Ross and Maria Höfl-Riesch; I think that means she has won in every discipline this year. She has already won the overall world cup title and one crystal globe, and today's win means she is the first person to exceed 2000 points in a year (the great Hermann Meier set the previous record of 2,000 exactly in the year 2000).

Meanwhile the men are trying to master a very windy course in Kvitfjell - difficult decision day for the jury again.

I have a lot of time for Tina Maze. Last season was her best by far and I would love to see her standing on the top of the podium at Sochi in February, probably in Giant or Super-G, but Slalom isn't out of the question.

Love your comparison to Herman Meier, but try as I might, I can't see the sobriquet "Maze-inator" working as well as "Hermanator".  

Mikaela Schiffner has gotten away to a good start to the season and could be a threat, but Tina's experience should stand her in good stead over the long haul.

This could be a really great World Cup season, and with the Winter Olympics to follow, it will just get better and better.