Vonn snatches 50th World Cup victory
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February 5, 2012, Sunday
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LINDSEY Vonn captured her 50th World Cup career victory by winning the downhill on the demanding Kandahar course in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, yesterday.
Racing in tough conditions, with the temperature at minus 25 degrees Celsius at the starting hut, Vonn trailed early on but recovered at the bottom part to win by nearly half a second on the slope on which she had a hard time at last year's world championships.
"It's crazy, I am at a loss for words. I already cried with one of the TV crews and that is enough crying for the day," Vonn, who finally mastered the only major downhill still eluding her, said. "Fifty World Cup wins is a huge mark for me in my career and more than I even thought possible."
The American is now third on the all-time list, behind Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria with 62 victories and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland with 55.
Vonn has 25 downhill wins, second to Moser-Proell's 36.
Vonn trailed by 0.62 seconds at the second split and nearly lost her balance midway through the 2,930-meter course but regained her composure and cruised home.
Vonn leads the overall World Cup standings by 482 points and the downhill standings by 230 points and is on course to reclaim the overall title from German rival Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who finished fourth.
Vonn's winning time was 1 minute, 44.86 seconds. Nadia Kamer of Switzerland was 0.41 seconds behind and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein finished third, 0.79 back.
In Chamonix, France, Jan Hudec made the most of an icy slope and freezing conditions to seal a surprising victory in yesterday's World Cup downhill.
The Canadian, whose career has been blighted by multiple knee injuries and operations, was trailing Romed Baumann until he reached the midsection and then started shaving huge chunks off the Austrian's time.
While Klaus Kroell won Friday's downhill by just 0.01 seconds, this time Hudec smashed Baumann's time by 0.53 to deprive the Austrians of a second straight win.
Erik Guay made it a great day for Canada by finishing third, albeit 0.63 seconds behind his countryman.
Racing in tough conditions, with the temperature at minus 25 degrees Celsius at the starting hut, Vonn trailed early on but recovered at the bottom part to win by nearly half a second on the slope on which she had a hard time at last year's world championships.
"It's crazy, I am at a loss for words. I already cried with one of the TV crews and that is enough crying for the day," Vonn, who finally mastered the only major downhill still eluding her, said. "Fifty World Cup wins is a huge mark for me in my career and more than I even thought possible."
The American is now third on the all-time list, behind Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria with 62 victories and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland with 55.
Vonn has 25 downhill wins, second to Moser-Proell's 36.
Vonn trailed by 0.62 seconds at the second split and nearly lost her balance midway through the 2,930-meter course but regained her composure and cruised home.
Vonn leads the overall World Cup standings by 482 points and the downhill standings by 230 points and is on course to reclaim the overall title from German rival Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who finished fourth.
Vonn's winning time was 1 minute, 44.86 seconds. Nadia Kamer of Switzerland was 0.41 seconds behind and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein finished third, 0.79 back.
In Chamonix, France, Jan Hudec made the most of an icy slope and freezing conditions to seal a surprising victory in yesterday's World Cup downhill.
The Canadian, whose career has been blighted by multiple knee injuries and operations, was trailing Romed Baumann until he reached the midsection and then started shaving huge chunks off the Austrian's time.
While Klaus Kroell won Friday's downhill by just 0.01 seconds, this time Hudec smashed Baumann's time by 0.53 to deprive the Austrians of a second straight win.
Erik Guay made it a great day for Canada by finishing third, albeit 0.63 seconds behind his countryman.
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