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SPORTS Monday 5 February 2018

Vonn records 81st win ahead of Olympics

By ERIC WILLEMSEN a second further behind in
Associated Press third.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCH- Vonn’s American team-
EN, Germany (AP) — Lind- mate Stacey Cook crashed
sey Vonn won her second and was taken off the hill
World Cup downhill of the on a sled “as a precau-
weekend on Sunday in a tion,” the U.S. ski team said,
perfect dress rehearsal for adding that Cook “is OK.”
the Pyeongchang Olym- Another teammate, Jac-
pics. queline Wiles, damaged
It was the American’s third her left knee in a crash Sat-
straight triumph in the dis- urday and was ruled out of
cipline after also winning in the Olympics.
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Winning another Olym-
two weeks ago. pic medal — after tak-
“Two wins is as good as it ing downhill gold in 2010
gets, really. It’s just been but missing the 2014 Sochi
a perfect weekend,” said Games because of a knee
Vonn, who plans to com- injury — has been Vonn’s
pete in downhill, super-G declared goal all season.
and the combined event But after Pyeongchang,
at the Olympics. “It has re- her focus will shift back to a
ally been the exact prepa- record in the sport that has United States’ Lindsey Vonn competes during an alpine ski, women’s world Cup downhill race, in
ration that I was hoping for long been regarded as un- Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018.
going into South Korea.” beatable. Associated Press
In a similar scenario to Sat- Vonn’s 81st World Cup win we will see what number I preparation is perfect. It re- Still, Goggia was still con-
urday’s race, Vonn beat on Sunday left her just five can get to.” ally couldn’t be better go- tent after finishing her run.
Sofia Goggia for the win. short of the all-time best Vonn has recovered from ing into the Olympics.” “I am pretty happy to
The American clocked 1 mark set by Swedish great a rough start to her sea- Vonn trailed Weirather come away from Garmisch
minute, 37.92 seconds on Ingemar Stenmark in the son, which saw her crash- by 0.30 seconds halfway with two solid runs, two solid
the Kandahar course to 1980s. ing twice in one of her fa- down the course but found races, solid skiing,” the Ital-
beat her Italian rival by 0.11 “You get a little greedy,” vorite resorts, Lake Louise, the fastest line in the turn- ian said. “This is what I was
seconds, after edging her Vonn said. “Once you keep and dealing with back and ing final section. hoping for after the crash in
by just 0.02 the day before. winning, you want to win knee problems. The American’s lead came Cortina.”
Goggia won two consecu- more. For sure, I will ski an- “I have really picked up under threat a few minutes While the downhill rivalry
tive downhills in January other season and see how a lot of momentum,” she later. Goggia was ahead between Vonn and Gog-
but crashed in the race high I can get the number. I said after Sunday’s win. “I by 0.04 at the second and gia has been shaping up
where Vonn started her know I can continue to win, feel really good physically, 0.07 at the fourth split time, nicely going into the Olym-
winning streak. I just don’t know for how mentally. And everything but failed to match Vonn’s pics, Weirather made it
Tina Weirather of Liechten- long. I keep racking them is working well, my equip- pace on the bottom part clear the competition isn’t
stein was a hundredth of up for as long as I can and ment is working well, my of the hill. far off.q

IOC chief calls CAS ruling

‘extremely disappointing’

By HYUNG-JIN KIM expected this,” Bach said ing cases. He hopes a final
Associated Press Sunday in Pyeongchang, decision will be made “in
PYEONGCHANG, South Ko- where the Winter Olympics the next couple of days.”
rea (AP) — IOC President start Friday. “We feel that The IOC has invited 169
Thomas Bach has strongly this decision shows the ur- Russians to compete in Py-
criticized the midweek rul- gent need for reforms in the eongchang as “Olympic
ing by the Court of Arbi- internal structure of CAS.” Athletes from Russia” un-
tration for Sport that lifted Bach said an independent der a neutral flag, but IOC
Olympic doping bans for panel, chaired by former spokesman Mark Adams
28 Russian athletes, calling French sports minister Val- said Saturday that his orga- International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach
it “extremely disappoint- erie Fourneyron, would re- nization reserves the right speaks at a news conference prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics
ing and surprising.” “The view and make a recom- to review and appeal the in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018.
IOC, we would never have mendation on Russian dop- CAS decision.q Associated Press