Zauchensee, Austria  - Lindsey Vonn of the United States recaptured the overall alpine ski World Cup lead after a third-place finish in the women's downhill in Zauchensee, Austria on Sunday.

Vonn, who won the super-combined at the venue on Saturday, was eclipsed by Sweden's Anja Paerson and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin who dead-heated for first place.

Paerson, who was third on Saturday, matched Gisin's time of 1 minute 47.52 seconds, with Vonn 0.17 seconds back.

It was a 40th World Cup win for Paerson, 28, and the first for 23-year-old Gisin.

Vonn overtook Maria Riesch in the overall standings after the German finished seventh, 0.78 seconds behind the joint winners

Zagreb - Maria Riesch of Germany won her third successive slalom in Zagreb Sunday to take the overall lead in the women's alpine ski World Cup standings.

Riesch benefited from a mistake by Lindsey Vonn of the United States who crashed out shortly before the finishing line when she appeared to be on the way to a clear victory.

Riesch clocked 1 minute 58.96 seconds for the two runs, with Italian Nicole Gius second, 0.44 seconds behind, and Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic third, 0.63 seconds back.

Vonn, the reigning World Cup champion, had led from the first leg but a mistake shortly before the end of the second run when leading by almost a second cost her the race and her overall lead in the standings.

Washington - Two separate avalanches have claimed the lives of a skier and snowboarder in British Columbia, just days after eight snowmobilers met a similar fate on the perilous slopes of Canada's westernmost province, the Toronto Star reported Friday.

The 26-year-old snowboarder died Thursday while snowboarding solo on a part of Whistler Mountain that was closed to the public. Whistler is to host events during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

A 37-year-old skier was buried in sliding snow late Wednesday on nearby Blackcomb Mountain, the newspaper reported.

Bormio, Italy  - Christof Innerhofer of Italy claimed a first alpine ski World Cup victory when he clinched the men's downhill before home fans in Bormio on Sunday.

Innerhofer, who was the first starter, set the pace in 2 minutes 03.55 seconds and watched as all the favourites failed to match his time on a bumpy and icy Stelvio course.

"It's a dream result for me," he said. "I saw my time and knew it was a good one."

Austrians Klaus Kroell and Michael Walchhofer were second and third, with Kroll 0.32 seconds behind and current downhill leader Walchhofer 0.95 seconds back.

St Moritz, Switzerland  - The women's alpine ski super-G World Cup race in St Moritz was called off Sunday because of stormy weather.

A new date for the race has not yet been set.

Val d'Isere, France  - Gusty winds and heavy snowfall forced organizers to cancel a men's World Cup slalom ski race on Sunday.