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Goergl stars in super-G as Vonn crashes
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ELISABETH Goergl beat Anna Fenninger by .05 seconds to lead an Austrian 1-2 in a women’s super-G race in Val d’Isere, French Alps, yesterday, while American Lindsey Vonn crashed during her bid for a record-equaling 62nd career win.
After winning Saturday’s downhill, Vonn was looking for a fourth consecutive podium finish and was .01 ahead of Georgl’s time on the first split.
“I was a little bit tired, yesterday was a very long day. It takes a lot of energy to be going all day,” Vonn said. “I thought I skied pretty well on the top section.”
But after going too tightly into a turn, Vonn went inside on her skis and slid off course, prompting gasps from fans at the bottom of the Oreiller-Killy course. The four-time World Cup champion lay on her back for a few moments before getting up, unscathed. Vonn, 30, was looking to move level with Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proll for all-time wins.
Overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia finished third, .13 behind Georgl.
“The course today was really tricky and I kind of like that,” the 33-year-old Goergl said. “I had everything clear in my head and my coaches reported that there were some weird turns and what I had to do.”
It was the former super-G world champion’s seventh World Cup race win. Goergl finished second in Saturday’s downhill.
Olympic super-G champion Fenninger has three podiums this season, having won the season-opening giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, in late October and finishing second in downhill at Lake Louise, Canada, earlier this month.
Maze leads overall with 656 points; Fenninger is second with 407, while Vonn is third with 312.
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