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Vonn ish was eighth in the down- Lindsey Vonn of the US and Peter Fill of Italy pose after winning the overall downhill World Cup, in
hill in Val d’Isere in Decem- the finish area at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Wednesday, March
Continued from page 17 ber. “It’s incredible,” the 16, 2016.
Austrian said. “My goal for Associated Press
Gut finished 13th. today was 10th place so to
Vonn clinched the down- end up first is amazing. I’m proud of that. really irrelevant,” Vonn Olympics is probably the
hill title before her crash in really looking forward to “Whether I get it (the all- added. “My goals are the biggest goal, but to break
a super-G in Andorra last the world championships time win record) next year world championships and Stenmark’s record would
month and was in St. Moritz next year here now.” or the following year, it’s the Olympics. I think the be amazing.”
to pick up her 20th crystal Daniela Merighetti of Italy
globe. crashed in what was her
“I feel like I had a really last event before retiring,
great year,” Vonn said. landing badly after a jump.
“Nine wins and to be able The race was halted briefly
to still take home one globe while she received treat-
at least even though I had ment but she managed
to end my season early it to ski down the rest of the
means a lot because you course before being taken
work so hard and I was so immediately to first aid.
close, I was leading four With her downhill title,
titles when I got hurt so to Vonn broke the mark of
still have at least one, that 19 crystal globes held by
was huge so I’m pretty ex- Ingemar Stenmark of Swe-
cited about it.” den. It was one of several
Gut is only 19 points be- records she broke this sea-
hind Vonn in the super-G son and she is now only 10
standings, with the final behind Stenmark’s all-time
race coming Thursday. mark of 86 victories.
“I don’t think super-G will “Season-long titles are re-
hold but weirder things ally difficult to get and
have happened in skiing,” Stenmark obviously is a leg-
Vonn said. “I’ll be at the end and to have anything
finish tomorrow and may- more than he’s accom-
be a miracle will happen.” plished is pretty unbeliev-
Puchner’s previous best fin- able,” Vonn said. “I’m very
