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Vonn wins in France as Svindal returns to form
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December 19, 2009, Saturday
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LINDSEY Vonn won a World Cup super-combined race yesterday for her 25th career victory after taking advantage of her speed skills in the French Alps.
The American, who led by a massive 1.52 seconds after the downhill, overcame poor visibility in the slalom run at Val d'Isere to hold off the technical specialists.
Her biggest rival and good friend Maria Riesch of Germany was second, and the two are now tied for the lead in the overall standings with 521 points each.
Vonn secured her third win of the season following downhill victories earlier this month in Lake Louise.
"I skied conservatively in the upper part because I did not want to do too much," Vonn said about the slalom run, where she had the seventh best time.
The 25-year-old two-time overall World Cup champion finished with a combined time of 2 minutes, 37.55 seconds, with Riesch 1.16 seconds behind.
Elisabeth Goergl of Austria, who prevented Vonn from winning three straight races earlier this month when she narrowly beat her in a super-G in Lake Louise, was 1.39 seconds back in third.
Defending super-combi World Cup champion Anja Paerson of Sweden shared fourth place with Austrian Michaela Kirchgasser, 2.09 seconds behind Vonn.
Kirchgasser was just 18th after the downhill, but had the fastest slalom run of 50.91 seconds.
In Val Gardena, Italy, Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal woke up from a sleepy start to the season by winning the super-G race at the Saslong Classic yesterday.
Last season's World Cup overall and super-G champion had managed only two third places so far this season after a slight knee injury but he bombed down the hill in northern Italy in 1:38.35 to seize victory.
Svindal, who celebrates his 27th birthday on Boxing Day, edged out the in-form Carlo Janka of Switzerland with Italy's Patrick Staudacher thrilling the home crowd by finishing third.
Janka took over at the top of the overall World Cup standings from Austria's Benjamin Raich, who came in ninth.
A number of competitors, including Switzerland's Didier Cuche, crashed out on the 2,415-meter course but there appeared to be none of the serious injuries which have so far blighted the World Cup in the lead-up to February's Vancouver Olympics.
The American, who led by a massive 1.52 seconds after the downhill, overcame poor visibility in the slalom run at Val d'Isere to hold off the technical specialists.
Her biggest rival and good friend Maria Riesch of Germany was second, and the two are now tied for the lead in the overall standings with 521 points each.
Vonn secured her third win of the season following downhill victories earlier this month in Lake Louise.
"I skied conservatively in the upper part because I did not want to do too much," Vonn said about the slalom run, where she had the seventh best time.
The 25-year-old two-time overall World Cup champion finished with a combined time of 2 minutes, 37.55 seconds, with Riesch 1.16 seconds behind.
Elisabeth Goergl of Austria, who prevented Vonn from winning three straight races earlier this month when she narrowly beat her in a super-G in Lake Louise, was 1.39 seconds back in third.
Defending super-combi World Cup champion Anja Paerson of Sweden shared fourth place with Austrian Michaela Kirchgasser, 2.09 seconds behind Vonn.
Kirchgasser was just 18th after the downhill, but had the fastest slalom run of 50.91 seconds.
In Val Gardena, Italy, Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal woke up from a sleepy start to the season by winning the super-G race at the Saslong Classic yesterday.
Last season's World Cup overall and super-G champion had managed only two third places so far this season after a slight knee injury but he bombed down the hill in northern Italy in 1:38.35 to seize victory.
Svindal, who celebrates his 27th birthday on Boxing Day, edged out the in-form Carlo Janka of Switzerland with Italy's Patrick Staudacher thrilling the home crowd by finishing third.
Janka took over at the top of the overall World Cup standings from Austria's Benjamin Raich, who came in ninth.
A number of competitors, including Switzerland's Didier Cuche, crashed out on the 2,415-meter course but there appeared to be none of the serious injuries which have so far blighted the World Cup in the lead-up to February's Vancouver Olympics.
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