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Thursday 17 March 2016

Injured US skier Lindsey Vonn RATED
celebrates with the crys- PG 13
tal globe winning the over-
all women’s downhill World Pacers use strong 4th to
Cup in the finish area during beat Celtics
the women’s downhill at the
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Fi- Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) drives on
nals, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Boston Celtics guard Evan Turner (11) during the first
Wednesday, March 16, 2016. half of an NBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Tues-
day, March 15, 2016.
Associated Press Associated Press

Vonn wins
downhill, Gut
takes overall
World Cup title

DANIELLA MATAR
Associated Press
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland
(AP) — Lara Gut made her
overall World Cup title of-
ficial on Wednesday, and
Lindsey Vonn flew in to
collect her eighth crystal
globe in the downhill.
Although Gut’s title — the
first for a Swiss woman
in 21 years — was effec-
tively sealed last weekend
at nearby Lenzerheide, it
became a mathematical
certainty in front of more
home fans at the World
Cup finals in St. Moritz.
Mirjam Puchner won
Wednesday’s race, taking
advantage of the snowy
conditions on the Engi-
anda course to claim her
first World Cup downhill
victory. The Austrian beat
Fabienne Suter of Switzer-
land by 0.13 seconds, with
Elena Curtoni of Italy third,
0.17 behind.

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