Topic: Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn hurt by criticism

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 conditions on ...

Goergl stuns Vonn and Riesch again

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Elisabeth Goergl stunned favorites Lindsey Vonn and Maria Riesch for the second time at the world Alpine ski championships on Sunday, winning the downhill to add to her super-G title.The 29-year-old Austrian had never previously won a top-level ...
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 ...

Vonn and Riesch downhill dominance could end

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 Sunday.The American and the German have had fitness problems in ...

Defiant Vonn skips slalom for downhill

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 ...

Vonn set to quit worlds after downhill

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 ...

Vonn faces real headache over downhill defence

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 ...

Vonn shocked by 'dangerous' course

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 ...

Top skiers set for battle at Alpine world champs

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 starlet ...

Vonn uncertain for worlds' super-G

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 ...