By Marty Basch

Hannah Kearney could make it an even dozen consecutive World Cup victories this weekend.

“One of the unique things about it is that a record gets you attention,’’ she said by phone from her Norwich, Vt., home earlier this week. “People are much more impressed when it’s a record and they understand success through record breaking.’’

The 2010 Olympic champion won her record 11th consecutive FIS Freestyle World Cup moguls race Jan. 19 at Whiteface Mountain during the USANA Freestyle Cup. Her World Cup streak started a year earlier, Jan. 21, 2011, at the same Lake Placid, N.Y., mountain.

“I spend summers there and I think it’s the closest I have to a second home,’’ she said.

Now after spending a few days off in Vermont that included gym work and cross-country skiing, she’s preparing for a Saturday race in Calgary, Alberta.

“I really like this part of the tour,’’ said the half-Canadian Kearney.

“The course in Calgary is challenging in a fun way. It sort of rolls over and gets really steep. Deer Valley [Utah] after that is a treat and has this long course, a real moguls course that is steep, long, and at altitude.’’

Kearney said she doesn’t feel pressure coming from the media attention.

“You just have to remember that is not why you are skiing,’’ she said. “Whether the attention is negative or positive, it should not affect my skiing. Ultimately it comes down to my skiing.’’

Plus, Kearney points out that she hasn’t finished first in all her races during the past year. She placed third in dual moguls and second in individual moguls at the World Ski Championships at Deer Valley last February.

“They aren’t World Cup races,’’ she said.