Snowboarding consistency this season makes American Lindsey Vonn double Olympic medal risk

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At age 41, Lindsey Vonn's means to persistently end on the World Cup velocity circuit's podium is unparalleled.

Vonn completed second in a super-G on Sunday that was held amid troublesome visibility in Tarvisio, Italy to assert her seventh podium lead to eight races this season.

No different skier has greater than three podiums within the velocity occasions, and Vonn's "worst" end result this season is fourth. Even Mikaela Shiffrin, who has seven podiums in 14 technical races, hasn't been as constant throughout all her occasions.

The outcomes make Vonn a transparent medal favorite in each downhill and super-G for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, which open in lower than three weeks in Italy.

Vonn was overwhelmed solely by Germany's Emma Aicher, who is nineteen years youthful.

Aicher completed in a single minute 14.04 seconds, 0.27 seconds forward of Vonn for her second victory this season, with former Olympic champion Ester Ledecka third, 0.94 behind in 1:14.98.

"It was powerful situations with the visibility however I am actually completely satisfied to be on the rostrum once more," Vonn stated. "In fact, I am shut to a different win, however it's what it's. I believe I am going to save the hundredths for Cortina.”

Val Grenier of St-Isidore, Ont., was 14th of 53 finishers in 1:15.59 whereas teammate Cassidy Grey of Panorama, B.C. was disqualified for an unspecified motive.

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Valérie Grenier's time of 1:15.59 gave the St. Isidore, Ont. native a fourteenth place World Cup end within the super-g Sunday in Tarvisio, Italy. Robinson crash Alice Robinson, the New Zealand skier who received two large slaloms and a super-G this season, crashed into the ultimate gate and hit the snow arduous. She bought proper again up and appeared to keep away from critical harm however appeared shaken.

Fog on the higher part made it troublesome for skiers to navigate the Prampero course.

Vonn led Aicher at each checkpoint however misplaced time on the ultimate gates.

It was Aicher's fourth profession victory after two downhills and a super-G. She's one of many few skiers on the circuit who competes in all 4 disciplines.

"I am completely satisfied that I might push via and don't have any errors for as soon as," stated Aicher, who was born in Sweden to a Swedish mom and a German father.

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Emma Aicher of Germany received her first super-g race of the World Cup season Sunday at Tarvisio, Italy. Ledecka, the Czech racer who claimed Olympic golds in each snowboarding and snowboarding on the 2018 Pyeongchang Video games in South Korea, received her first podium of the season.

Romane Miradoli of France completed fourth and Keely Cashman of the USA was fifth for the perfect results of her profession.

The ladies's circuit stays in Italy for the Kronplatz large slalom on Tuesday.

There is just one extra set of velocity races earlier than the Olympics, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Jan. 30-31.

Additionally Sunday, the Italian staff introduced that defending total World Cup champion Federica Brignone is returning to the squad for the Kronplatz race, which might mark her first time competing since breaking a number of bones in her left leg in April.