Lindsey Vonn at the award ceremony in La Thuile. Antonino Di Marco Photo: Antonino Di Marco
La Thuile .
Lindsey Vonn writes ski history – and many records remain not much left for the exceptional athlete from the United States
In. departure from La Thuile handed her a second place behind Nadia Fanchini for the preliminary win the discipline standings and several entries in the annals of alpine sports. “It’s unbelievable,” said Vonn on the south side of Mont Blanc – now her standard comment. One always hears the phrase when they crack highs in the World Cup. In La Thuile there were three in one go – and the lead in the standings there was for the 31-year-old into the bargain
In Valle d’Aosta near the French border Vonn celebrated a day after her. failure and a video scandal over broken beaten skis the total 20 crystal ball of her career. So she let the eternal, gender overarching Ranking ski legend Ingemar Stenmark (19) behind. “Thank God I have a big trophy case, which is enough space for the new ball,” joked the 31-year-old.
The perfectionist from Vail in Colorado was the day before anything but feel like laughing – and it showed clearly. Because in the descent to a small driving mistake broke the bond, Vonn came to case and retired. Your retained in an online video response. With a big hammer it flailed in a service area to ski and binding a
“That was not a good idea, they were too many emotions» she said on Saturday. The video she had deleted after a short time on Facebook and fierce criticism from their outfitter Head. “I’m human, which unfortunately happens,” she conceded and asked the sponsor to apologize. The sporting goods company from Austria had records en masse celebrated in recent years -. And in La Thuile came 24 hours after the failure further to
The already fixed 20 ball is also the eighth in the downhill discipline rating: So let the American Annemarie Moser-Pröll (7) behind. They also equaled the mark of man record Stenmark, who had brought eight discipline successes in slalom and giant slalom. What Vonn remains? The six large crystal of Moser-Pröll about, and also the victory record of Stenmark (86) can Vonn (76) break earlier than next winter.
After their loss on Friday lacked her on Saturday 0.14 seconds on local hero Fanchini. Third was the Italian team mate Daniela Merighetti. Vonn worst overall World Cup rival Lara Gut from Switzerland bailed after their victory the previous day as Eleventh and slipped in the standings behind Vonn. Viktoria Rebensburg said after finishing tenth, it was “not coped with the troubled runway and poor visibility”.
Also speed queen Vonn had their problems on the first time in the World Cup passed route. “I have fought and tried to be in the clear head,” she told. “I was a bit unsure in the curve where I crashed yesterday.” That they on Sunday again ranked in the overall standings before the Super-G 43 points before Good, is initially of secondary importance. They did not want to constantly look at the points, “then you will be mad.” Just racing that was their motto. Then came the points. And the victories. And the records. (Dpa)
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