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Vonn retains women's World Cup ski crown
AFP ^ | March 11, 2009 | Stephanie Pertuiset

Posted on 03/11/2009 8:18:35 AM PDT by george76

American Lindsay Vonn continued her incredible season on Wednesday when she retained the women's alpine skiing World Cup title at the season-ending finals here.

Vonn won the downhill in 1min 42.49sec to edge out Maria Riesch of Germany and Austria's Renate Goetschl.

"My life could not be any better," said the 24-year-old. "I have a fantastic husband, two cristal globes, two downhill globes. I'm missing nothing."

It's the first time an American woman has ever won two overall crowns, and the trophies will be added to a burgeoning collection that also includes two World Championship golds

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: americanrecord; are; lindseyvonn; skiing; sweden; vonn; worldcup

1 posted on 03/11/2009 8:18:35 AM PDT by george76
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2 posted on 03/11/2009 8:20:37 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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What a great accomplishment for Lindsay, our ski team and Nation. Our National Ski Team is so much better than it was back in 1972 when Barbara Cochran won our very first women's Olympic gold in the slalom event.

Way to go Lindsay!

3 posted on 03/11/2009 8:44:59 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: george76
She just needs some Olympic gold to round things out nicely as the greatest American female skier ever.

Oh, and I think the best-looking by a considerable margin, too.


-ccm

4 posted on 03/11/2009 9:44:03 AM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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