Lindsey Vonn

Vonn triumphs in super-g to extend World Cup lead

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany  - Lindsey Vonn of the United States claimed her fourth World Cup victory of the season with a commanding super-g performance in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday.

It was a second successive win for the reigning World Cup champion and the 19th of her career following a slalom victory on Friday.

Sweden's Anja Paerson also underlined her ascendant form by finishing second, with fellow Swede Jessica Lindell-Vikarby third.

Vonn posted 1 minute 22.16 seconds on the newly-designed Kandahar course, 0.39 seconds up on Paerson, with Lindell-Vikarby, winner of the previous super-g in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, 0.72 seconds back.

Vonn beats Riesch for slalom win as Austrians falter

Lindsey VonnGarmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Lindsey Vonn of the United States ended Maria Riesch's World Cup slalom winning streak Friday, beating her German friend into second place on a day Austria met disaster.

The World Cup leader Vonn won from third place after the first run in a combined total of 1 minute 47.17 seconds for her fourth season victory and 17th overall.

Riesch, who had won the previous four slaloms but then failed to finish in three of the last four races overall, fought from sixth to second place in 1:48.07 in front of a delighted home crowd.

Vonn clinches World Cup super-combined win

Lindsey VonnZauchensee, Austria - Lindsey Vonn of the United States captured her third alpine ski World Cup win of the season with victory in the women's super-combined in Zauchensee, Austria on Saturday.

Vonn, lying fourth after the downhill run, put in the third fastest slalom time for an overall 2 minutes 40.53 seconds.

Austria's Kathrin Zettel was second, 0.30 seconds behind, with Sweden's Anja Paerson third, at 0.66 seconds.

Germany's Maria Riesch, winner of the last four slalom races, was well placed in third position after the downhill but caught a gate on the second leg to go out.

Vonn captures maiden World Cup slalom

Lindsey VonnLevi, Finland - Lindsey Vonn of the United States clinched her maiden World Cup slalom in the first women's slalom of the alpine ski World Cup season in the Finnish resort of Levi on Saturday.

Vonn, last season's overall winner and downhill champion, almost crashed out on the second leg but recovered to finish 0.40 seconds ahead of Maria Pietilae-Holmer of Sweden.

It was the 14th World Cup win for 24-year-old Vonn but the first in the slalom discipline for the downhill specialist.

Last season's slalom champion Maria Riesch of Germany edged Austria's Nicole Hosp for third place.

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