Lindsey Vonn won a women's World Cup super-combi event on Saturday for her third victory of the season and 10th overall.
Vonn led after the downhill leg and finished in a combined time of 2 minutes, 20.28 seconds.
Maria Riesch took second, 0.63 seconds behind Vonn, and Julia Mancuso was third, another 0.02 seconds behind.
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Vonn and Mancuso also finished first and third in Friday's downhill.
Only 17 skiers completed the race -- super-combi specialists like Anja Paerson, Nicole Hosp and defending World Cup champion Marlies Schield did not finish.
"With so many good racers out, I didn't have to take too many risks on my slalom run. I decided to make it a smart race," said Vonn, who was known as Lindsey Kildow until she married fellow Olympian Thomas Vonn on Sept. 29.
Vonn missed Friday afternoon's slalom training as she had to attend a news conference and be available for interviews after winning the downhill race.
"That annoyed me of course, but Stacey Cook told me about the course and that it was well prepared, so finally it meant no disadvantage to me," said Vonn, who won her first super-combi after seven downhills and two super-Gs.
Vonn overtook Hosp at the top of the overall standings and could become the first US winner of the women's overall World Cup title since Tamara McKinney in 1983.
"Sure, I remember Tamara well, she was a big star a long time ago. But it doesn't really matter to me right now as it is much too early in the season," Vonn said. "We've just had three weeks of downhill skiing and I am sure that Nicole Hosp will gain many points in the upcoming technical disciplines. So it's better for me to not think about that now."
Vonn had a clear lead after the downhill leg, leading Mancuso and Hosp by 1.48 seconds.
"My race was better than yesterday's as I had far less errors," Vonn said, who skied flawlessly in the first part of the race, where she made several mistakes on Friday.
Vonn almost missed a gate after a long jump threw her off course but she quickly found her line.
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