Vonn wins third straight downhill
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January 9, 2010, Saturday
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LINDSEY Vonn of the United States won a women's World Cup downhill race in Haus im Ennstal, Austria, yesterday to regain the lead in the overall standings.
The reigning downhill and overall champion raced down the 2,639-meter Krummholz course in 1 minute, 38.84 seconds for her third straight downhill victory this season.
Anja Paerson of Sweden was 0.35 seconds back in second. Maria Riesch of Germany, who led Vonn by five points in the overall standings before the race, took third, 0.39 behind the American.
"I really attacked today," said Vonn, who is skiing with a bruised left arm after a crash in Lienz, Austria, last month. "It's a great feeling, everything is so smooth. I can't be more happy with my downhill season so far."
Her injured arm hampered Vonn while pushing off at the start, but she still posted the fastest first intermediate time.
Vonn has been unbeaten in downhill since February last year and hasn't missed the podium in the discipline since February 2008.
The American said she got extra motivation after reading reports in several Austrian media this week, claiming that Vonn was overweight and therefore would have an advantage in speed races.
"Anytime people say stupid things in the media, it always makes me more motivated to try to ski faster," Vonn said. "It's obvious that I am an athlete and not an overweight person so I thought it was pretty ridiculous. It just added fuel to the fire."
Vonn said she would study video of her run to avoid some minor mistakes and "hopefully have an even cleaner run" in today's race.
"It's not a really difficult downhill here, only if visibility is poor," she said. "In the lower part, the course gets more technically demanding."
Vonn now leads with 694 points and Riesch has 659. They are well ahead of the rest of the field, with Kathrin Zettel in third place with 569 points.
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