Lindsey Vonn made another massive mistake and handed victory to overall World Cup rival Maria Riesch in the traditional downhill in Cortina on Saturday.
Riesch had an error-free run and clocked 1 minute, 39.30 seconds on the sun-drenched Olympia delle Tofane course for her fourth win this season.
“Every win in downhill is special because Lindsey is so strong in this discipline. This race could become very important for the overall,†said Riesch, who increased her overall lead ahead of Vonn to 165 points … More
American teen Ashley Caldwell grabbed gold for her first freestyle World Cup medal, winning the aerials event on her home hill Friday.
Qi Guangpu of China won the men’s the competition ahead of Ryan St. Onge of the United States.
The 17-year-old Caldwell beat Alla Tsuper of Belarus and Xu Mengtao of China just one week after her previous best World Cup finish  … More
Lindsey Vonn finally had an error-free run and posted her fifth victory of the season in a super-G on Friday to take a big chunk out of Maria Riesch’s overall World Cup lead.
Vonn, who has had to make difficult recoveries in several recent races, sped down the shortened Olympia delle Tofane course in 1 minute, 11.66 seconds.
“All I’m happy about really today is that I had a good, clean run,†Vonn said. “In the past few races I’ve been making mistakes, and today  … More