Skiing star Tina Maze has revealed she received a death threat just hours before becoming the first person to break 2000 World Cup points in a season in Germany.
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The 29-year-old, who won the overall World Cup, received the threat in an email Saturday before being put under police protection for the rest of the weekend.
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Slovenia's Maze, who finished fourth in Sunday's super-G after winning Saturday's downhill race, was given extra security after event organizers were sent the threat.
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"It's bizarre, I can only laugh about it," Maze told reporters after her fourth place in Sunday's race left her with 2074 points for the season.
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"I don't really want to talk about it; it was just a normal day at the office.
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"I have a clean conscience; I haven't done anything bad, some people are just jealous.
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"I haven't seen anything myself, the threat came through the organizers, but I have never felt as safe as I did today.
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"If whoever is responsible wanted to distract me or put me off, they didn't succeed.
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"But it's not easy when you have the feeling that something can happen."