Lindsey Vonn of the US won a women’s World Cup super-G race yesterday for her third victory in as many days.
Vonn went down the Krummholz course in 1 minute, 26.69 seconds to beat Anja Paerson of Sweden by 0.53 seconds for her 28th World Cup victory and seventh in the discipline.
“I knew I needed to race more aggressively than in my previous super-Gs this season. I gave my best and had a perfect run,” Vonn said. “This gives me a lot of self-confidence, things couldn’t have been better.”
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Nadia Fanchini of Italy and Martina Schild of Switzerland shared third place, 0.85 seconds behind the American.
Vonn won both downhill races on Friday and Saturday.
She came close to completing a hat-trick of victories in three days last month, winning back-to-back downhills but finishing second in a super-G race the next day in Lake Louise, Alberta.
“I am not unbeatable in speed events,” Vonn said. “Everyone can race the same line as I do. I know some girls are just as fast as me in training, but what counts is that you deliver it in the race.”
Vonn extended her lead in the overall standings over main rival Maria Riesch of Germany, who was 2.65 seconds behind after skiing off-course in the final section of the course.
Riesch looked set for a podium finish, but misjudged a sharp turn and almost came to a standstill.
“I am not in a crisis,” said Riesch, who was seventh in Saturday’s downhill.
“Lindsey was just too good this weekend and I have to focus on the positive aspects, as I was skiing really fast before that mistake,” she said.
Paerson was happy with her second podium finish after taking second in Friday’s downhill, the first time she had come in the top three since February.
“I am very proud with second place. It was a difficult turn, but I tried to be aggressive,” Paerson said.
“Lindsey is not unbeatable, there are more races this season than just in Haus. Every race is a new one,” she said.
The women’s World Cup circuit continues with a night slalom tomorrow in Flachau, Austria.
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Julien Lizeroux won a World Cup slalom race on the Kuonisbaergli course in Switzerland yesterday, racing through from 12th place after the first leg.
The 30-year-old Frenchman had a combined time of 1 minute, 51.88 seconds after being 0.92 seconds faster than any rival down the second run.
Austria’s Marcel Hirscher was second, 0.34 seconds back, while Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic trailed Lizeroux by 0.80 seconds in third.
First-run leader Mattias Hargin of Sweden placed fifth.
Lizeroux, who was third last Wednesday in Zagreb, Croatia, trails Austria’s Reinfried Herbst by only four points in the World Cup slalom standings.
Herbst was second after the first run, but skied out while leading at the final split time.
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