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Skiing: Vonn captures super-G title, first U.S. woman to win | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Updated at 4:37 a.m., Thursday, March 12, 2009

Skiing: Vonn captures super-G title, first U.S. woman to win

By STEPHAN NASSTROM
Associated Press

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Lindsey Vonn is airborne on her way to winning the women's World Cup super-G race in Are, Sweden.

ELVIS PIAZZI | Associated Press

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WORLD CUP SKI RESULTS

At Are, Sweden

Super-G

Men

1. Werner Heel, Italy, 1 minute, 13.41 seconds.

2. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 1:13.48.

3. Christof Innerhofer, Italy, 1:13.61.

4. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 1:13.62.

5. Peter Fill, Italy, 1:14.15.

6. Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 1:14.20.

7. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 1:14.26.

8. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 1:14.27.

9. Erik Guay, Canada, 1:14.33.

10. Tobias Gruenenfelder, Switzerland, 1:14.37.

11. Stephan Goergl, Austria, 1:14.41.

12. Hannes Reichelt, Austria, 1:14.56.

13. Ted Ligety, United States, 1:14.58.

13. Marco Buechel, Liechtenstein, 1:14.58.

15. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 1:14.61.

16. Romed Baumann, Austria, 1:14.62.

17. Hermann Maier, Austria, 1:14.66.

18. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 1:14.71.

19. Andrej Jerman, Slovenia, 1:14.89.

20. Patrik Jarbyn, Sweden, 1:15.26.

21. Georg Streitberger, Austria, 1:15.36.

22. Ambrosi Hoffmann, Switzerland, 1:15.42.

23. Silvan Zurbriggen, Switzerland, 1:15.58.

24. Manfred Moelgg, Italy, 1:15.59.

25. Patrick Staudacher, Austria, 1:15.61.

26. Marcel Hirscher, Austria, 1:15.66.

27. John Kucera, Canada, 1:15.75.

28. Marco Sullivan, United States, 1:16.32.<

World Cup Super-G Standings

Final

1. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 292 points.

2. Werner Hedel, Italy, 256.

3. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 242.

4. Hermann Maier, Austria, 231.

5. Christof Innerhofer, Italy, 168.

6. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 162.

7. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 152.

8. Klaus Kroell, Austria, 142.

9. John Kucera, Canada, 138.

10. Peter Fill, Italy, 130.<

Also

13. Marco Sullivan, United States, 114.

21. Ted Ligety, United States, 58.

27. Bode Miller, United States, 42.

30. Andrew Weibrecht, United States, 24.

33. TJ Lanning, United States, 20.

42. Erik Fisher, United States, 11.

44. Scott Macartney, United States, 7.

46. Steven Nyman, United States, 6.<

Overall World Cup Standings

(After 34 events)

1. Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway, 1,009 points.

2. Benjamin Raich, Austria, 907.

3. Didier Cuche, Switzerland, 859.

4. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 837.

5. Jean-Baptiste Grange, France, 777.

6. Didier Defago, Switzerland, 716.

7. Carlo Janka, Switzerland, 699.

8. Michael Walchhofer, Austria, 647.

9. Peter Fill, Italy, 581.

10. Christof Innerhofer, Italy, 577.<

Also

12. Ted Ligety, United States, 518.

13. Bode Miller, United States, 517.

29. Marco Sullivan, United States, 293.

62. TJ Lanning, United States, 95.

69. Tim Jitloff, United States, 79.

73. Steven Nyman, United States, 75.

75. Erik Fisher, United States, 74.

90. Scott Macartney, United States, 43.

92. Andrew Weibrecht, United States, 40.

97. Jimmy Cochran, United States, 30.

103. Jake Zamansky, United States, 27.

126. Cody Marshall, United States, 10.

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Women

1. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 1:20.63.

2. Nadia Fanchini, Italy, 1:20.71.

3. Maria Riesch, Germany, 1:20.87.

4. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 1:21.27.

5. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 1:21.52.

6. Andrea Dettling, Switzerland, 1:21.62.

7. Andrea Fischbacher, Austria, 1:21.67.

8. Fabienne Suter, Switzerland, 1:21.68.

9. Marie Marchand-Arvier, France, 1:21.86.

10. Fraenzi Aufdenblatten, Switzerland, 1:22.14.

11. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 1:22.18.

12. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 1.22.23.

13. Nadja Kamer, Switzerland, 1:22.40.

14. Nadia Styger, Switzerland, 1:22.51.

15. Britt Janyk, Canada, 1:22.56.

16. Emily Brydon, Canada, 1:22.87.

17. Kathrin Zettel, Austria, 1:23.01.

18. Anna Fenninger, Austria, 1:23.03.

19. Kelly Vanderbeek, Canada, 1:23.12.

20. Regina Mader, Austria, 1:23.23.

21. Ingrid Jacquemod, France, 1:23.71.

22. Sarka Zahrobska, Czech Republic, 1:23.89.

23. Lara Gut, Switzerland, 1:24.09.

24. Maria Pietila-Holmner, Sweden, 1:24.44.<

World Cup Super-G Standings

Final

1. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 461 points.

2. Nadia Fanchini, Italy, 416.

3. Fabienne Suter, Switzerland, 408.

4. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 251.

5. Andrea Dettling, Switzerland, 221.

6. Jessica Lindell-Vikarby, Sweden, 216.

7. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 202.

8. Andrea Fischbacher, Austria, 197.

9. Fraenzi Aufdenblatten, Switzerland, 190.

10. Maria Riesch, Germany, 171.<

Also

27. Julia Mancuso, United States, 55.

43. Leanne Smith, United States, 14.

46. Chelsea Marshall, United States, 10.

47. Keely Kelleher, United States, 9.<

Overall World Cup Standings

(After 32 events)

1. Lindsey Vonn, United States, 1,788 points.

2. Maria Riesch, Germany, 1,359.

3. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 1,035.

4. Kathrin Zettel, Austria, 985.

5. Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, 802.

6. Tina Maze, Slovenia, 752.

6. Fabienne Suter, Switzerland, 752.

8. Elisabeth Goergl, Austria, 719.

9. Nadia Fanchini, Italy, 714.

10. Andrea Fischbacher, Austria, 671.<

Also

25. Julia Mancuso, United States, 285.

72. Hailey Duke, United States, 56.

84. Chelsea Marshall, United States, 35.

86. Megan McJames, United States, 31.

89. Leanne Smith, United States, 30.

92. Sarah Schleper, United States, 26.

105. Stacey Cook, United States, 12.

107. Keely Kelleher, United States, 11.

123. Kaylin Richardson, United States, 3.

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ARE, Sweden — Lindsey Vonn won the super-G season finale at the World Cup finals Thursday, becoming the first American woman to win the championship title in the discipline.

Vonn, of Vail, Colo., finished the Olympia course in 1 minute, 20.63 seconds. Her win came one day after she clinched the World Cup overall title for the second straight year.

"I was hoping so much that I could win today and get the super-G globe, no American female has ever done that," Vonn said. "I'm so, so happy. What a week it's been so far."

Nadia Fanchini of Italy finished runner-up in 1:20.71 and was second in the final super-G standings.

Vonn, who won the downhill title on the same hill Wednesday, posted the fastest split times all the way down. It was her 22nd World Cup victory, a record for U.S. women, and fourth straight World Cup super-G win.

She also won the event at the World Championships last month at Val d'Isere, France.

"To have five back-to-back in the super-G is more than I ever thought was possible," Vonn said. "It's incredible. Going into the season I did not start off so strong in super-G, but later in the season I finally picked up a rhythm and I stuck with it. It's been a crazy season for me. I'm really happy."

Vonn topped the final super-G standings with 461 points. Franchini had 416.

In the overall standings, Vonn increased her lead to 1,788 points. Germany's Maria Riesch, who was 0.24 behind in third place, stayed in second place overall with 1,359 points.

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