First placed Lindsey Vonn, of the U.S., speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
. световни ски новини : Линдзи Вон сияе в Кортина, само с 5 стотни измъкна купата за втория Супер-Г от ръцете на Мария Рийш - 23 Януари 2011 - 14:26
АЛПИЙСКИ СКИ СВЕТОВНА КУПА. Линдзи Вон от САЩ спечели супергигантския слалом от Световната купа по ски-алпийски дисциплини в италианския зимен център Кортина д'Ампецо.
First placed Lindsey Vonn, of the U.S., speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Носителката на големия Кристален глобус за последните три сезона Вон беше най-бърза на олимпийската писта "Тофане" и финишира с време 1:22,64 минута. Така 26-годишната американка записа 39-а победа в кариерата си и шеста за сезона. Вон триумфира и в първия супергигантски слалом от програмата на Световната купа в Кортина д'Ампецо преди два дни.
First placed Lindsey Vonn, of the U.S., speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
На второ място днес само на 5 стотни от секундата остана лидерката за Световната купа Мария Рийш от Германия, която вчера спечели спускането в италианския курорт. Трета с изоставане от 88 стотни се нареди швейцарката Лара Гут.
Second placed Germany's Maria Riesch speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Third placed Switzerland's Lara Gut speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
В генералното класиране Рийш остана начело с 1232 точки, пред Вон с 1087 точки и Елизабет Гьоргъл от Австрия с 628 точки. В подреждането за малката Световна купа в дисциплината супергигантски слалом Вон води с 380 точки, пред Рийш с 229 точки и Лара Гут с 205 точки.
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23 януари 2011 г.
First placed Lindsey Vonn, of the U.S., center, second placed Germany's Maria Riesch, left, and third placed Switzerland's Lara Gut celebrate on the podium at the end of an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race, in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Armando Trovati)
Vonn edges Riesch in Cortina SG
ALPINE SKI WORLD CUP. CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy – The war was on between best friends in the Cortina super G on Sunday and after casualties from every nation were taken out by tricky gates all day, both of the two top contenders were left smiling in the sun.
With a sore left knee following a big slip and close call in Saturday’s downhill that still ended in a third place finish, Vonn watched from the top of the course as Lara Gut threw down a very fast run, more than a half a second faster than anyone else’s. Then she watched as Maria Riesch left the start house right before her. Although Vonn didn’t know that Riesch blazed down her run more than eight tenths of a second faster than Gut, she still knew it was necessary to light up the track.
So, after having a another clean run devoid of thrilling near-crashes, Vonn won her second super G of the weekend, beating Riesch by a mere 0.05 seconds as Gut rounded out the podium.
“I knew today was going to be a tough day,” Vonn said. “I saw Lara Gut’s run, it was a pretty good run. I was impressed. I was like, ‘OK, nobody is going to give you this, you have to take it. You have to risk everything.'”
Vonn did steer wide in the bottom of the course but reeled it in without major mishap.
“I was close to going out near the bottom but I just kept the skis running and made it down. It was a pretty good run, just solid and attacking … a run I’m really proud of,” she said, adding that she would like to have seen more of Riesch’s run. “I saw her the first six gates, right until the first jump. She looked like she was carrying some good speed. So I was like,’OK, Maria is fast … again. So I have to step it up'. And yeah, I did that.”
Riesch, who, with Saturday’s downhill victory and Friday’s ninth place, didn’t give up much of her lead over Vonn in the World Cup overall standings this weekend (1232 to Vonn’s 1087), was very happy with her race on Sunday, sizing it up as one of the best super G races she’s had in a long time. Her podium in the season-opening SG in Lake Louise was her first in the discipline since March of 2009 and Sunday’s speedy run – on a very tricky course that eliminated 17 racers, felt like a victory to her.
FISalpine.com
Sunday 23 January 2011