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Vonn seals 2nd downhill win

LINDSEY Vonn raced to her 13th World Cup victory at Lake Louise on Saturday, leading another 1-2 US sweep in the second downhill at the Canadian resort.

Vonn finished in 1 minute, 52.9 seconds to edge American teammate Stacey Cook by 0.52 seconds. On Friday in the season-opening downhill, Vonn beat Cook by 1.73 seconds.

Switzerland's Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden was third in 1:53.52.

Vonn nearly skidded into safety nets rounding a corner halfway down the course. "A lot of people make mistakes in a lot of races, but if you don't think you're going to win after a mistake then you're not," Vonn said. "I kept charging. I knew I could make up some time if I skied well on the bottom and thankfully my skis were fast and I had a good line and I was able to make it up."

Vonn was to race in the super-G yesterday in a bid to sweep the three-race event for the second straight year.

Vonn, 28, tied Switzerland's Vreni Schneider for second place on the World Cup victory list with 55. Austria's Annamarie Moser-Proell is the leader with 62.


 

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