Lindsey Vonn's title chances at mercy of the weather

2011-03-18T09:00:08Z

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn's hopes of a fourth successive overall World Cup title were left at the mercy of the weather after she lost the lead to

Mancuso wins downhill, Vonn takes overall lead

2011-03-16T11:30:36Z

American Julia Mancuso won the final women's downhill race of the season here on Wednesday as compatriot Lindsey Vonn took the overall World Cup lead from Germany's Maria Riesch with three races to go.

Olympic silver medallist Mancuso finished ahead of American Julia Mancuso won the final women's downhill race of the season here on Wednesday as compatriot Lindsey Vonn took the overall World Cup lead from Germany's Maria Riesch with three races to go.

Olympic silver medallist Mancuso finished ahead of Czech Republic (Reuters) - Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg won an Alpine ski giant slalom race on Friday to take the World Cup lead in the discip...

Vonn wins third ski title in three days

2011-03-06T15:30:24Z

Lindsey Vonn of the United States clinched the women's World Cup super-G title for the third consecutive year by winning here on Sunday to round off what was for her a superb weekend in the Italian Alps.

It was Vonn's third title in three days having won t...

Vonn wins fourth successive downhill World Cup title

2011-03-05T13:30:17Z

Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the downhill World Cup title for the fourth year in a row here on Saturday when she placed second behind Anja Paerson of Sweden.

It was 29-year-old Paerson's 42nd World Cup r...

Maze wins super-combined, Vonn takes Globe

2011-03-04T15:30:29Z

Slovenia's Tina Maze won the World Cup super-combined race here on Friday ahead of American Lindsey Vonn, who clinched the Crystal Globe in the discipline for the second consecutive year.

It was the first victory on the World Cup circuit this season and the tenth of her c...

Skiier Riesch pips Vonn to win Are super-G

2011-02-27T12:30:31Z

Germany's World Cup leader Maria Riesch pulled off a stunning super-G victory over American arch-rival Lindsey Vonn by just one-hundredth of a second on Sunday.

The German's sixth win of the season, and second this weekend, could prove to be crucial in her contest with reigning champion Vonn for the overall crystal globe on th...

Vonn wins W. Cup downhill skiing

2011-02-26T12:30:09Z

American skiing star Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup downhill here on Saturday ahead of Slovenia's Tina Maze and German Maria Riesch.

The Olympic champion's victory was her seventh this season and 40th on the World Cu...

Austrian team aims for fifth medal

2011-02-14T18:30:38Z

Austria will be aiming for both their fifth medal of the world ski championships and to defend their crown on Wednesday when the team event takes place after a four-year hiatus.

As golden-girl Elisabth Goergl has won both the women's super-G and downhill titles, Anna Fenninger won gold in the super combined and Lindsey Vonn announced Monday she is quitting the world ski championships to boost her chances of winning a fourth straight crystal globe.

Vonn lost her world downhill crown on Sunday when she finished second on the Kandahar course behind Austria's Lindsey Vonn insisted Sunday she was not being a 'drama queen' as she defended her criticism of the course here at the world ski championships.

Vonn lost her world downhill crown when she finished second down the Kandahar course behind Austria's

Austria's Goergl beats Vonn to claim downhill gold

2011-02-13T09:30:17Z

Austria's Elisabeth Goergl won the women's world downhill title on Sunday with Lindsey Vonn of the United States taking silver and Germany's Maria Riesch taking bronz...

Lindsey Vonn hurt by criticism

2011-02-13T08:30:08Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn said she was hurt by the criticism she had received during the world championships and hoped that people still liked her.

Vonn, silver medalist in Sunday's women's downhill, said her complaints about condition...

Goergl stuns Vonn and Riesch again

2011-02-13T07:00:05Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Elisabeth Goergl stunned favorites Lindsey Vonn and Maria Riesch for the second time at the wor...

Vonn focused on defending downhill title, rivals step up

2011-02-12T18:30:29Z

Austria's Anna Fenninger believes world champion Lindsey Vonn's struggle for form, as she battles to recover from a head injury, gives her a chance at a second gold in Sunday's downhill.

Fenninger claimed a maiden world title in Friday's super-combined, and with Vonn finishing seventh in the super-G and 12th in the downhil...

Vonn and Riesch downhill dominance could end

2011-02-12T18:30:06Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn and her great rival Maria Riesch have won the last 15 competitive downhill races between them but their dominance could end at the world championships on Sunda...

Defiant Vonn skips slalom for downhill

2011-02-11T16:30:30Z

World and Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn has said she aims to prove her doubters wrong as she bids to defend her title this weekend following Friday's super combined.

Having struggled all week with the after-effects of a head injury, US starlet Vonn was 12th fastest in the morning's downhill section of the super combined at 1.6 secs behind leader Lindsey Vonn faces a race against time to be fit for Sunday's downhill and has said she will quit the world ski championships once she has attempted to defend her world crown.

Vonn finished seventh in Tuesday's super-G and has been having headaches and problems concentrating after suffering a head injury in training last week.

The world championships finish on February 20 and if US starlet Vonn withdraws after Sunday's r...

Vonn faces real headache over downhill defence

2011-02-08T17:30:29Z

Lindsey Vonn has said she may skip Friday's super combined at the world championships to concentrate on defending her downhill title this weekend as she struggles with a sore head, the after effect of a fall in training last week.

The 26-year-old world and Olympic downhill champion, has dominated women's alpine skiing by winning the overall World Cup crown in the last three years.

But she lost one of her world titles on ...

Vonn shocked by 'dangerous' course

2011-02-07T18:30:30Z

On the eve of the Alpine World Ski Championships, defending champion Lindsey Vonn said she was shocked at piste conditions ahead of Tuesday's opening race and has dubbed the Kandahar course 'dangerous'.

Vonn spoke out after training for the super-G event which opens the fortnight-long championships that run until February 20 as she looks to defend her super-G title and throw down...

Top skiers set for battle at Alpine world champs

2011-02-07T17:30:29Z

The world's top skiers are set to battle it out in the Bavarian Alps with the Alpine World Ski Championships taking place from February 8-20.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen hosts the 41st world championships which starts Tuesday with the women's super-G race when United States

Vonn uncertain for worlds' super-G

2011-02-06T16:30:35Z

American Lindsey Vonn has placed doubt on whether she will be ready to defend her super-G crown at next week's alpine ski world championships.

Vonn, who suffered a head injury in a crash Wednesday while training for the women's World Cup events this weekend, said she will wait until the last minute before making any decision on her participation.

"It's possible, everything ...

Rebensburg hits form as worlds loom

2011-02-06T09:00:05Z

ZWIESEL, Germany (Reuters) - Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg won the last giant slalom race before the world championships on Sunday, boosting her medal ambitions for the Garmisch-Partenkirchen fortnight.

The 21-year-old German, skiing at ho...

Vonn out of Arber- Zweisel slalom after fall

2011-02-04T13:31:25Z

Reigning world and Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn pulled out of the World Cup slalom here on Friday after sustaining slight concussion in a heavy pre-race training fall.

"I got up this morning prepared to race, but after a few warm-up runs, I wasn't feeling confident on my skis," Vonn said.

"Normally I can fight through injuries, but head injuries are d...

Vonn crashes in Austria, no major injury

2011-02-02T17:30:52Z

Reigning world and Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn suffered a heavy fall in training on Wednesday, but was left without any serious injury, in a major scare before next week's World Ski Championships.

"I had a pretty scary crash today training GS (giant slalom) in Hintereit, Austria," Vonn said on her facebook page, www.f...

Vonn, Miller lead US team for World Championships

2011-01-26T17:30:32Z

Reigning Olympic champions Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn were among 19 Americans named Wednesday to the US squad for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.

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Vonn posts 39th World Cup ski victory

2011-01-23T11:30:13Z

Lindsey Vonn won the women's World Cup super-G here on Sunday for her 39th career victory, the American Olympic champion adding this to her win at the Italian resort on Friday and maintained her proud record of a podium placing in the discipline for the past two years.

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Vonn beats Riesch to win Cortina super-G

2011-01-23T05:00:09Z

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn made up for her disappointing result in Saturday's downhill when she crowned a weekend of speed events with a second super-G victory on Sunday.

The Americ...

Riesch wins Cortina women's skiing downhill

2011-01-22T11:30:13Z

Germany's Maria Riesch won her third women's World Cup downhill of the season here on Saturday, the leader of the overall standings beating American duo Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn.

Riesch, ninth in Friday's...

Vonn regal again at Val d'Isere

2010-12-19T14:30:23Z

US champion Lindsey Vonn won the super-combined World Cup race on Sunday at Val d'Isere to add to her downhill win at the venue on Saturday.

Three-time World Cup champion Vonn landed her third win of the season after coming ahead of Austrian pair Elisabeth Goergl and

Vonn wins women's Val Gardena downhill

2010-12-18T15:30:26Z

Lindsey Vonn registered her second World Cup win of the season here on Saturday in the downhill, the American beating Swiss duo Nadja Kamer and Lara Gut.

Vonn's 35th overall World Cup success came on top of her victory in the season-opening Super-G at Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup downhill race at Val d'Isere, closes gap on Maria Riesch

American skier Lindsey Vonn won her first downhill race of the season Saturday to close the gap on overall World Cup leader Maria Riesch.

The three-time defending World Cup and reigning Olympic down...

Lindsey Vonn wins women's WCup downhill race

2010-12-18T04:00:09Z

Lindsey Vonn wins women's World Cup downhill race at Val d'Isere, closes gap on Maria Riesch

American skier Lindsey Vonn won her first downhill race of the season at Val d'Isere on Saturday to close the gap on overall World Cup leader M...

Vonn, Riesch rivalry heats up at Lake Louise

2010-12-06T14:30:42Z

Lindsey Vonn is by no means ready to surrender her title as the queen of Alpine skiing but her self-described "love affair" with Lake Louise was certainly put to the test.

Three-time World Cup overall champion Vonn stormed back from a pair of disappointing runner-up downhill finishes to Maria Riesch to pos...

Vonn wins women's super-G WCup race at Lake Louise

2010-12-06T00:00:13Z

Vonn wins women's super-G World Cup race at Lake Louise to end string of second-place finishes

Lindsey Vonn won a women's World Cup super-G race Sunday, beating Maria Riesch by more than three-quarters of a second af...

Germany's Riesch wins back-to-back downhills

2010-12-04T17:30:48Z

Germany's Maria Riesch clinched her second downhill in as many days Saturday by beating defending champ Lindsey Vonn who lost an edge after hitting a bump and almost crashed out of the race.

Double Olympic champ Riesch continued her fine run of form this season charging down the 2.44 kilometre Whitehorn Mountain course in a ti...

Riesch wins Lake Louise downhill; Vonn 2nd

2010-12-03T18:00:15Z

Maria Riesch wins Lake Louise downhill race; American Lindsey Vonn finishes second

Maria Riesch of Germany captured a World Cup downhil...

British ski racer fractures leg in horrific flying crash

2010-12-03T11:40:09Z

British ski racer Chemmy Alcott was to undergo emergency surgery for a badly broken right leg following a horrific flying crash during a downhill training run.

The 28-year-old Alcott on Thursday went airborne over her first jump and never regained her balance in the tricky Coaches Corner section of the ladies World Cup...

Mancuso leads charge at Lake Louise training

2010-12-01T20:31:10Z

Olympic silver medallist Julia Mancuso of the United States posted the fastest time in a training ahead of Friday's season-opening World Cup downhill.

Mancuso's time of 1min 30.19secs on Wednesday was 0.16secs faster than Slovenia's Tina Maze, wh...

Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden wins World Cup slalom

2010-11-29T14:41:51Z

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Ski queen Vonn seeks to snap Aspen drought

2010-11-26T11:30:41Z

Lindsey Vonn, the undisputed queen of Alpine skiing for the past three seasons, has been the victim of a curse in Aspen, the lone stop for the ladies on the World Cup tour in the US.

With no podium to her credit in Aspen, Vonn will be hoping to change that this weekend when the giant slalom takes place Saturday followed by a slalom race on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Vonn has raced 15 times in Aspen with her best finish bein...

Riesch takes the lead after 1st run; Vonn in 6th

2010-11-13T04:00:11Z

Maria Riesch takes the lead after 1st run of season-opening World Cup slalom; Vonn in 6th

Maria Riesch of Germany took the lead after the first run Saturday of the World Cup slalom race on the Levi Black course in Finland.

The O...

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2010-11-30T13:36:18Z

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2010-11-30T13:36:24Z

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2010-11-30T13:34:40Z

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Winter Olympics 2010 Team USA: Women's Alpine Skiing

2010-11-03T02:40:55Z

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Jim Tracy leaves as US women's ski coach

2010-08-19T13:39:59Z

US women's ski coach Jim Tracy leaves after 2 successful seasons and strong Olympics

U.S. women's ski coach Jim Tracy stepped down on Friday, less than five weeks after guiding the team to a strong showing at the Vancouver Olympics.

He did not give a reason, but said in a statement that he appreciated being part of "something very special...

Lindsey Vonn stops by SELF

2010-10-27T06:56:00Z

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Lindsey Vonn clinches 3rd World Cup overall title

2010-06-30T15:13:51Z

Sensational season: Vonn ignores injuries for 33rd World Cup win, 3rd straight overall title

Lindsey Vonn finished with a fitting flourish, the perfect way to cap a nearly perfect season, one chock full of victories, medals, trophies — and injuries.

Now the American is looking forward to some well-earned time away from the slopes.

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Three down, three to go for US star Vonn

2010-03-12T10:16:52Z

After winning her third straight World Cup title on Friday, US star Lindsey Vonn said she is a long way from matching the record six won by Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proell.

Having won downhill gold and Super-G bronze at last month's Winter Olympics, Vonn won the Super-G race here on Friday to be crowned the overall World Cu...

Vonn wins third successive World Cup

2010-03-12T05:00:08Z

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn of the United States skied through more pain on Friday to win the women's overall World Cup title for the third year running.

Vonn ignored a bruised right knee after crashing in Thursday's giant slalom t...

Vonn wins super-combined title after 2 events

2010-03-11T08:30:51Z

Lindsey Vonn wins super-combined title after 2 events; 3rd canceled because of weather

Lindsey Vonn may have crashed in the giant slalom Thursday, but she got some good news after the race.

The International Skiing Federation confirmed Vonn as the super-combined World Cup champion. She already had secured the d...

Vonn title bid hit by crash

2010-06-12T09:35:55Z

GARMISCH-PARTERNKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn's bid for a third successive overall World Cup title was hit when she crashed out of the giant slalom on Thursday and Maria Riesch kept her outside ho...

Vonn crashes out of giant slalom

2010-03-11T02:00:09Z

GARMISCH-PARTERNKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn, on the brink of clinching her third successive overall World Cup title, crashed in the first leg of the season's final giant slalom on Thursday.

The American Olympic downhill champion spun off about a quarter of the way down the Vonn nears 3rd straight overall World Cup title after finishing 2nd to Riesch in downhill

With the arithmetic clearly in her favor, Lindsey Vonn is closing in on a third straight overall World Cup title after finishing second to Maria Riesch on Wednesday in the season's final downhill.

Three races remain and Vonn holds a commanding 225-point lead o...

Riesch leaves Vonn trailing in World Cup downhill ski win

2010-03-10T05:16:26Z

Germany's Maria Riesch romped to victory in the women's World Cup finals downhill race here on Wednesday leaving Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn of the United States in her wake.

US starlet Vonn, who has a commanding overall World Cup lead and has already claimed the seas...

Gisin edges Vonn to won Crans-Montana super-G

2010-06-30T15:13:48Z

Gisin of Switzerland edges Vonn to win Crans-Montana super-G; Mancuso third

Dominique Gisin of Switzerland won her first World Cup super-G race on Sunday by denying Lindsey Vonn a second win in two days.

Gisin attacked the Nationale c...

Vonn secures downhill World Cup title

2010-06-30T15:13:47Z

CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (Reuters) - American Lindsey Vonn added the downhill World Cup title to her Olympic gold when she won Saturday's speed event in C...

With Miller, Vonn leading the way, US rules Alpine

2010-06-12T09:35:11Z

This time, led by Miller, Vonn and Mancuso, US Alpine skiers really are 'Best in the World'

Four years ago, Bode Miller's washout of a Winter Olympics symbolized where the United States stood in the Alpine skiing hierarchy.

Pegged as the big thing heading into the Turin Games, ...

True Games spirit shines through

2010-02-28T11:45:07Z

WHISTLER (Reuters) - While top names failed to live up to unreasonable expectations in the Alpine skiing competition at the Vancouver Games, others shone through turbulent skies to provide a reminder of what the true Olympic spirit is all about.

Lindsey Vonn's downhill gold and super-G bronz...

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics end with 1 gold, 1 bronze

2010-02-27T00:30:11Z

'I couldn't be happier': Lindsey Vonn leaves Vancouver a bit beat up but with gold, bronze

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics began the way everyone expected them to, with a gold medal in the downhill, her signature event.

Little went according to plan thereafter.

Yes, Vonn did collect a ...

'Happy' Vonn ends Olympics with only one gold

2010-02-26T20:15:55Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

Vonn salutes 'awesome' Riesch

2010-02-26T17:16:04Z

American speed queen Lindsey Vonn was quick to applaud the double gold feat of close friend Maria Riesch after the German added the Olympic slalom title to her super-combined crown Friday.

Vonn, who won the downhill gold and super-G bronze, crashed out of the giant slalom and slalom to end any hope she had of adding to her collection.

"It's awesome. I'm so happy for...

Maria Riesch wins gold in Olympic slalom

2010-06-12T08:26:48Z

Germany's Maria Riesch wins slalom for 2nd Olympic gold medal; Vonn skis out in 1st run

Maria Riesch of Germany won the slalom title for her second gold medal of the Winter Olympics on Friday, as Lindsey Vonn skied out chasing her second victory.

Riesch led after the first leg and had a combined two-run...

'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

2010-02-26T12:15:50Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

Olympics/Ski: 'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

2010-02-26T12:15:48Z

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics ended on Friday when she crashed out of the slalom, but the American insisted she met her expectations and would go home happy.

Coming into the Vancouver Games, Vonn was heavily tipped to win three gold.

She got the ball rolling by capturing the blue riband downhill title and then took bronze in the super-G.

But that's a...

Olympics/Ski: Vonn skis out of Olympic slalom

2010-02-26T11:16:09Z

American Lindsey Vonn skied out of the first leg of the women's Olympic slalom on Friday.

Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, straddled a gate high up the course to end her quest for further Olympic glory.

The incident was the latest misfortune for Vonn, who on Wednesday broke her finger in the giant slalom after crashing heavily.

In last week's super-combined, she crashed out of the slalom leg...

Vonn plans to race wearing brace on right pinkie

2010-04-16T06:57:13Z

Vonn plans to wear protective brace on her broken right pinkie in Friday's Olympic slalom

It will take more than a broken pinkie to stop Lindsey Vonn's pursuit of Olympic glory.

The two-time World Cup overall champion from Vail, Colo., will put a plastic brace on her injured finger, wear a mitte...

Vonn to race slalom with finger brace

2010-04-16T06:57:11Z

Double Olympic medallist Lindsey Vonn of the United States will take part in the final women's alpine race, the slalom, on Friday despite a broken finger, team officials said.

Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, broke her right pinkie when she crashed out of the giant slalom while leading the first leg on Wednesday.

The slalom is considered Vo...

Paerson, Vonn go in 5th and final Olympic race

2010-06-12T08:26:44Z

Bruised and weary Paerson has final shot at 7th Olympic medal; injured Vonn also starts slalom

Bruised and weary, Anja Paerson and Lindsey Vonn will summon a final effort in Friday's slalom to complete their five-event Olympics program.

Defending champion Paerson tries for a record seventh career medal in women's Olympic Alpine racing still hobblin...

Another injury, yet Vonn still will race in slalom

2010-04-16T06:57:49Z

Hurt again, Vonn still set to race in Friday's Olympic slalom despite broken right pinkie

Lindsey Vonn began these Olympics with a shin so badly bruised she didn't know if she could compete.

She did, winning two medals — with the aid of painkillers and numbing cream.

After her crash in Wednesday's giant slalom, her Vancouver Games...

Hockey gods and bobs make it Canada's day

2010-06-12T14:13:02Z

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Canadian men restored order in their Olympic ice hockey house and headed to the semi-finals after a 7-3 rout of Russia on Wednesday, a day of redemption and medal manna from heaven for the host nation.

In a country where hockey is religion, Canadians rejoiced to be back on the medal track in Winter ...

Vonn's crash disrupts Mancuso's GS title defense

2010-04-16T06:58:21Z

Teammates, rivals cross paths: Vonn's crash disrupts Mancuso's Olympic GS title defense

In the very instant that Lindsey Vonn spun out of control during Wednesday's Olympic giant slalom, breaking a finger and ending her latest medal bid, Julia Mancuso — Vonn's teammate and lifelong rival, not to mention the defending champion — sped toward that same sp...

Vonn will race slalom: coach

2010-04-16T06:58:16Z

WHISTLER (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn is sure to compete in the final women's Alpine ski race of the Vancouver Olympics despite fracturing her little finger on Wednesday, the U.S. team's head coach said.

"One hundred percent, absolutely,"...

Vonn crash adds fuel to Mancuso feud

2010-04-16T06:57:54Z

Lindsey Vonn revealed on Wednesday she was desperate to end the bitter Olympic Games feud which has erupted with fellow American skiing pin-up Julia Mancuso.

But the atmosphere between the two wasn't helped when Vonn crashed out of the first run of the giant slalom, causing Mancuso to abandon her attempt to set the fastest time.

Vonn admitted there was friction be...

Goergl leads weather-hit giant slalom as Vonn bombs

2010-06-12T09:34:47Z

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl is in pole position in the women's Olympic giant slalom, but will have to wait until Thursday for a medal chance after dismal weather put paid to the second run.

Goergl clocked 1min 15.12sec on her first run down a course which again cost American speed queen Lindsey Vonn dearly before heavy snow gave way to thick fog that forced organise...

Goergl tops Olympic giant slalom as Vonn crashes out

2010-06-12T09:34:39Z

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl topped the first leg of the women's Olympic giant slalom on Wednesday after disaster struck for American speed queen Lindsey Vonn.

Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, led the field at the third intermediary time by a massive 0.35 seconds, but misjudged a gate, lost her balance and bucked nastily off course.

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Goergl tops giant slalom as Vonn crashes out

2010-06-12T09:34:38Z

Austrian Elisabeth Goergl topped the first leg of the women's Olympic giant slalom on Wednesday after disaster struck for American speed queen Lindsey Vonn.

Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, led the field at the third intermediary time by a massive 0.35 seconds, but misjudged a gate, lost her balance and bucked nastily off course.

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Vonn 'bummed out' as crash effects rival

2010-04-16T06:58:09Z

Lindsey Vonn said she was desperately sorry her crash forced USA team-mate Julia Mancuso to repeat her first run of Wednesday's giant slalom and hopes to heal the bad blood between them.

Vonn, who has a downhill gold and a bronze from the super-G but tumbled out of the super combined, was on her way to being the ...

Vonn crashes out of women's giant slalom

2010-04-16T06:58:14Z

Double Olympic medallist Lindsey Vonn of the United States crashed out of the women's giant slalom on Wednesday.

Vonn, who has won downhill gold and super-G bronze here, led the field at the third intermediary time by 0.35 seconds, but misjudged a gate, lost her balance and bucked nastily off course.

Paramedics rushed to treat Vonn, but she got up unaided and skie...

Ice hockey clash of titans overshadows Olympic medals

2010-06-12T04:46:13Z

Canada and Russia renew their long-standing rivalry in a heavyweight Olympic quarter-final ice hockey battle on Wednesday as Lindsey Vonn looks to overcome her alpine jinx in the giant slalom.

With just five days of action left, the United States and Lindsey Vonn says she is looking forward to overcoming her alpine jinx in the giant slalom on the biggest stage of them all Wednesday, but happily admits she will start an underdog.

The American has yet to podium in a giant slalom race at international level, and hinted at her true expectations from the Olympic Games post-speed events after her super-G bronze last week.

However, with the injured shin she was nursing at t...

Vonn enjoying underdog status for giant slalom

2010-06-12T08:26:39Z

Vonn's bruised shin seems to be improving, but new opponents are lurking in giant slalom

Lindsey Vonn's leg is better. Her expectations are lower.

"It feels kind of nice to be the underdog!" she wrote on her Facebook page Tuesday, as she prepared to wrap up an Olympics she on...

Mancuso hopeful, but GS bets not on Vonn

2010-06-12T09:34:31Z

Unless Lindsey Vonn overcomes her alpine 'bete noire' in dramatic fashion, her Olympic medals bid will be kept in check in the women's giant slalom on Wednesday.

Vonn won gold in the downhill, missed a certain medal when she crashed out of the super-combined then took a bronze from the super-G.

But in the giant slalom the smart money in the two-run race is going on either Austrian Kathrin Zettel, an experienced World Cup...

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Vonn backs off, settles for bronze in super-G

2010-06-12T09:34:24Z

'She's human, too': Vonn gets super-G bronze behind Austria's Fischbacher, Slovenia's Maze

Lindsey Vonn never got the message.

Right before Vonn left the starting gate in Saturday's Olympic super-G, her husband-coach-adviser, Thomas, tried to radio her with a suggestion to change tactics.

That's because s...

Vonn's bronze puts US skiers in seventh heaven

2010-06-12T09:34:18Z

Olympic cover-girl Lindsey Vonn boosted the United States' dominance of the alpine events by winning bronze, the team's seventh from five events, in the women's super-G on Saturday.

Vonn was everyone's favourite in the event which combines some of the technical challenges of the slalom with the speed of the downhill.

But the recently-crowned downhill champion had ...

Fischbacher wins women's super-G gold

2010-06-12T09:34:16Z

Andrea Fischbacher handed Austria their first alpine ski gold of the Vancouver Olympics when she won the women's Olympic super-G gold on Saturday.

Slovenia's Tina Maze won the silver and American Lindsey Vonn, the ...

Fischbacher nets super-G gold

2010-06-12T09:34:13Z

WHISTLER (Reuters) - Austrian Andrea Fischbacher ran away with the women's Olympic super-G crown on Saturday to ruin American Lindsey Vonn's dreams of a golden double.

The 24-year-old from Eben im Pongau took full advantage of a tricky course set by her own coaches to hand Austria a first Alpine skiing gold of the Ga...

Vonn takes day off, set to race in super-G

2010-04-16T07:06:42Z

After day off to rest shin, Lindsey Vonn to race in Olympic super-G Saturday

Lindsey Vonn will race in Saturday's Olympic super-G after taking a day off skis to rest her bruised right shin.

Vonn's husband, Thomas, tells The Associated Press in a telephone interview that resting Friday while many racers skied "definitely helped her s...

Move of the Day - Gold medalist (!!) Lindsey Vonn's Back Buffer

2010-10-27T06:55:37Z

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A mistake behind her, Vonn hopes shin can hold out

2010-08-19T13:39:46Z

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;After a mistake, there's still plenty of Olympics left for Vonn _ shin willing, of course&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn made no excuses.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She didn't blame the bruised shin that's caused such a fuss and so much fascination.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was a common m...

Croatia Alpine Skiing World Cup

2011-01-04T10:32:36Z

Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, reacts after skiing off course during an alpine ski, Women's World Cup slalom, in Zagreb, Tuesday, Jab. 2, 2011. Vonn never looked comfortable from the start of her run. She was already 1.62 seconds behind when she lost balance in a right turn an...

Austria Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-28T08:32:14Z

Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, reacts after finishing seventh in a alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

Co...

France Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-19T07:30:23Z

Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, smiles after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-combined race, in Val D'Isere, France, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup super-combined race Sunday after followin...

Female Athlete of the Year

2010-12-18T13:01:22Z

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2010, file photo, Lindsey Vonn of the United States passes a gate during the first run of the women's World Cup giant slalom ski race, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Vonn was selected as the

Switzerland Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-12T06:01:29Z

Lindsey Vonn of the US speeds down the course during the women's alpine skiing Giant Slalom race in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella)

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Vonn wins first ever giant slalom

Vonn finally makes giant slalom breakthrough

Heartbroken Vonn says she will be back

Riesch, Vonn set for giant slalom duel

Lindsey Vonn's title chances at mercy of the weather

Mancuso wins downhill, Vonn takes overall lead

Vonn wins third ski title in three days

Vonn wins fourth successive downhill World Cup title

Maze wins super-combined, Vonn takes Globe

Skiier Riesch pips Vonn to win Are super-G

Vonn wins W. Cup downhill skiing

Austrian team aims for fifth medal

Austria's Goergl beats Vonn to claim downhill gold

Lindsey Vonn hurt by criticism

Goergl stuns Vonn and Riesch again

Vonn focused on defending downhill title, rivals step up

Vonn and Riesch downhill dominance could end

Defiant Vonn skips slalom for downhill

Vonn faces real headache over downhill defence

Vonn shocked by 'dangerous' course

Top skiers set for battle at Alpine world champs

Vonn uncertain for worlds' super-G

Rebensburg hits form as worlds loom

Vonn out of Arber- Zweisel slalom after fall

Vonn crashes in Austria, no major injury

Vonn, Miller lead US team for World Championships

Vonn posts 39th World Cup ski victory

Vonn beats Riesch to win Cortina super-G

Riesch wins Cortina women's skiing downhill

Vonn regal again at Val d'Isere

Vonn wins women's Val Gardena downhill

Lindsey Vonn wins women's WCup downhill race

Vonn, Riesch rivalry heats up at Lake Louise

Vonn wins women's super-G WCup race at Lake Louise

Germany's Riesch wins back-to-back downhills

Riesch wins Lake Louise downhill; Vonn 2nd

British ski racer fractures leg in horrific flying crash

Mancuso leads charge at Lake Louise training

Pietilae-Holmner of Sweden wins World Cup slalom

Ski queen Vonn seeks to snap Aspen drought

Riesch takes the lead after 1st run; Vonn in 6th

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Jim Tracy leaves as US women's ski coach

Lindsey Vonn stops by SELF

Lindsey Vonn clinches 3rd World Cup overall title

Three down, three to go for US star Vonn

Vonn wins third successive World Cup

Vonn wins super-combined title after 2 events

Vonn title bid hit by crash

Vonn crashes out of giant slalom

Riesch leaves Vonn trailing in World Cup downhill ski win

Gisin edges Vonn to won Crans-Montana super-G

Vonn secures downhill World Cup title

With Miller, Vonn leading the way, US rules Alpine

True Games spirit shines through

Lindsey Vonn's Olympics end with 1 gold, 1 bronze

'Happy' Vonn ends Olympics with only one gold

Vonn salutes 'awesome' Riesch

Maria Riesch wins gold in Olympic slalom

'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

Olympics/Ski: 'Happy' Vonn's Olympics end with another crash

Olympics/Ski: Vonn skis out of Olympic slalom

Vonn plans to race wearing brace on right pinkie

Vonn to race slalom with finger brace

Paerson, Vonn go in 5th and final Olympic race

Another injury, yet Vonn still will race in slalom

Hockey gods and bobs make it Canada's day

Vonn's crash disrupts Mancuso's GS title defense

Vonn will race slalom: coach

Vonn crash adds fuel to Mancuso feud

Goergl leads weather-hit giant slalom as Vonn bombs

Goergl tops Olympic giant slalom as Vonn crashes out

Goergl tops giant slalom as Vonn crashes out