Gut wins as Vonn finishes well back in downhill
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LARA Gut of Switzerland won a World Cup downhill yesterday in St Moritz, Switzerland, while Lindsey Vonn missed a chance to extend her wins record as she almost skied out and finished well behind.
Gut raced down the new Engiadina course in 1 minute, 43.82 seconds in the final downhill before the world championships next month.
Anna Fenninger of Austria was 0.32 behind Gut, and now has six runner-up finishes and no victories in defense of her overall World Cup title.
Edit Miklos of Hungary got a career-best third-place finish, trailing Gut by 0.58.
Vonn was fastest through the top sections but hit trouble at a tight left-hand turn. She went into soft snow and was almost turned around. She finished 23rd, more than two seconds back.
“It’s disappointing but at the same time I skied well, just that one mistake,” said Vonn, who didn’t seem too disappointed. “I was at a funny angle and my inside ski kind of booted out. I did the best I could to recover it but clearly stopped.”
Vonn still leads the downhill standings though Fenninger used her 80 race points to close the gap to 79. Two races remain in March.
It was Vonn’s first race since she set the all-time record for World Cup wins on Monday with her 63rd victory in a super-G at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
A super-G is scheduled for today, the last race before the February 2-15 worlds at Vail-Beaver Creek, Colorado‚ where Vonn lives.
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