FEBRUARY 08: Lindsey Vonn visits the Eurosport studio in St Moritz for an interview by lead presenter and former Olympic triple-jump champion and world record holder, Jonathan Edwards on February 8, 2017 in St Moritz, Switzerland. ORG XMIT: 1000003361 less ST MORITZ, SWITZERLAND – FEBRUARY 08: Lindsey Vonn visits the Eurosport studio in St Moritz for an interview by lead presenter and former Olympic triple-jump champion and world record holder, Jonathan Edwards … more The marquee races for women and men should go back-to-back after Saturday’s men’s downhill was postponed due to fog, race organizers decided.
Category: Olympic Alpine Skiing
Lindsey Vonn finishes ninth in super-G a day after winning downhill event
A day after winning a downhill, Lindsey Vonn discovered how far she has to go to regain her dominance in super-G as she returns from two major injuries. Swiss racer Gut extended her perfect run in super-G this season with a comfortable win Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, while Vonn struggled to a ninth-place finish.
Gut remains perfect in super-G; Vonn struggles in 9th
Defending overall World Cup champion Lara Gut extended her perfect run in super-G this season with a comfortable win Sunday while Lindsey Vonn struggled to a ninth-place finish. For her third straight super-G victory, Swiss skier Gut finished 0.67 seconds ahead of Stephanie Venier of Austria and 0.86 in front of Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
US ski team: Lindsey Vonn could return to WCup next week
In this Feb. 20, 2016, file photo, Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, celebrates after placing second at a women’s Alpine ski downhill race in La Thuile, Italy. The Alpine director of the U.S. ski team says Vonn could make her World Cup return in Austria next week, two months after undergoing surgery on a broken arm.