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Tina Weirather wins World Cup super-G at Lake Louise

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta (AP) ing downhill. have finished Friday it
— Tina Weirather of Liech- Switzerland’s Lara Gut, the would have been a whole
tenstein won the women’s winner last year ahead of other ball game. But that’s
World Cup super-G on Sun- Weirather, was second in ski racing. The lucky thing is
day for her first Lake Louise 1:18.63. Austria’s Nicole I’m relatively healthy and
victory. Schmidhofer followed in my main focus this season
Weirather finished in 1 min- 1:18.79. has always been the Olym-
ute, 18.52 seconds in sunny After crashing Friday, pics.”
conditions. She won after American star Lindsey Fellow American Mikaela
finishing second five times Vonn fell again Sunday Shiffrin was fifth after win-
in downhill and super-G but was able to ski to the ning Saturday for her first
races at the resort. bottom. “My inside ski, my downhill victory.
“Well, it really means a boot hit the snow and just “I’m really excited because
lot to me because I was knocked my ski out,” Vonn I think I have the right mind-
here and on the podium said. “It’s been a pretty set for the speed races,”
so many times,” Weirather unlucky weekend in that Shiffrin said.
said. “I think seven times regard, but I was charging The women head to St.
and now the first win. I was and had more confidence Moritz, Switzerland, next Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather celebrates her victory in the
so close a couple of times.” than I did yesterday. week for a pair of super- women’s World Cup super-G ski race at Lake Louise, Alta.,
Weirather also was second “I just feel a little bit deflat- G races and a combined Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017.
Friday in the season-open- ed overall. I think if I would event.q Associated Press

Hirscher Tommy Ford had a career- his fifth World Cup podium

best 10th-place World Cup finish. Luitz was impressed
finish Sunday. with Hirscher.
Continued from Page 17 “That was much better ski- “He’s unbelievable. He was
ing,” Ford said. “It was cool injured and trained like two
It was Hirscher’s 23rd World to do some good arcs.” weeks, maybe less, and
Cup giant slalom win, Starting third-to-last in the just amazing how he came
which ties him for third most final run, Hirscher powered back,” Luitz said. “He’s the
among men with Switzer- his way down the course to best skier in the world.”
land’s Michael von Grueni- knock Kristoffersen from the Hence, the pressure that
gen. That leaves him trail- top spot. Ligety couldn’t only figures to escalate as
ing only Ingemar Stenmark catch him and neither the Olympics in South Ko-
(46) and Ligety (24) in the could Luitz, who picked up rea near.q
discipline.
“Marcel’s a great athlete,” Austria’s Marcel Hirscher celebrates with Champagne after he
Kristoffersen said. “He’s won the men’s World Cup giant slalom ski race Sunday, Dec. 3,
2017, in Beaver Creek, Colo.
making sure that every- Associated Press
thing is lined up as good as lom in Levi, Finland, on Nov. several small mistakes on
possible for himself. That’s 12. “It is completely free of his final run to slip to sev-
one of the reasons he has pain. I didn’t think about enth.
won six overall globes in a it. Maybe during training “I’m happy with how I’ve
row. Of course, he’s men- sometimes I think about it been skiing and how my
tally strong.” or feel a little pain. But it is body feels. That’s good,”
These days, he’s getting not worth talking about it.” Ligety said. “But Beaver
physically strong, too. He Hirscher’s not the only top Creek has been a really
hardly feels any discomfort GS racer on the mend. good hill for me. I expected
in that ankle, especially on Ligety showed signs of re- a lot more.”
race day. turning to form following As a whole, the Americans
“If you’re so pumped, with surgery to fix herniated disks turned in a lackluster per-
this high adrenaline, it in January. He was second formance on their home
doesn’t hurt,” said Hirscher, after the first pass through course. In three races, the
who was 17th during a sla- the course, but he made top finish was by Ligety.