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Friday 17 March 2017
Weirather takes race, super-G title at World Cup Finals

PAT GRAHAM me? I don’t think it’s dif- both events and have Shif-
AP Sports Writer ferent to any other athlete frin score virtually no points.
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Dad that wins a globe,” said Shiffrin is oh-so close to join-
has a crystal globe. Mom Weirather, who hasn’t seen ing esteemed company in
has several of them. Now all the family’s trophies dis- Phil Mahre, Tamara McKin-
Tina Weirather has one, played since they moved. ney, Bode Miller and Vonn
too. “It’s a long time ago that as the only Americans to
It will sure look nice in the they won theirs.” win the overall crown.
family trophy case — once The season-long super-G It’s been quite a season for
they assemble it again. title means all the more to Stuhec, who wrapped up
Weirather turned in a Weirather because of her the downhill title Wednes-
smooth run to win a super- injury-riddled past. Wei- day, with her mom waxing
G race Thursday at World rather won her first career and taking care of her skis.
Cup Finals and overtake championship medal — in On a warm day, quite a
Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia for the super-G — at worlds few racers struggled to
the season-long discipline last month after not racing hold their tight lines. Italian
crown. in the past two Olympics skiers Johanna Schnarf and
Trailing Stuhec by 15 points because of injuries. She fig- Sofia Goggia both went
in the standings, Weirather World Cup women’s overall super-G champion Liechtenstein’s ures to be a big factor at sliding down the hill. Later,
of Liechtenstein held noth- Tina Weirather, right, and World Cup men’s overall super-G the 2018 Winter Games in Vonn crashed and then
ing back and finished in 1 champion Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud hold up their crystal globe South Korea.
minute, 11.66 seconds. Two trophies after a World Cup super-G ski race Thursday, March 16, “It’s hard when the doc- teammate Laurenne Ross
2017, in Aspen, Colo
racers later, Stuhec wasn’t tors tell you that you might went down in a similar spot.
as clean and wound up Associated Press not be able to do this any- “I think I released the ski a
second, 0.35 seconds be- crashes, including Ameri- Her mother, Hanni Wen- more,” Weirather said. “I little bit too early,” Vonn
hind. Federica Brignone of can Lindsey Vonn hitting a zel, won numerous crystal fought through it and I’m said. “Once I realized I
Italy took third. panel and sliding down be- globes, while her father, really proud of it. It’s days didn’t have enough direc-
“I was talking to (Stuhec) fore going into the safety Harti Weirather, earned like today that are the best tion, I tried to really hammer
in the start. I was like, “let’s nets. She eventually skied one. They become the first reward you can get.” on it. I didn’t really have
have ... a fair fight,’” Wei- to the finish and waved to parent/child combination Stuhec’s flickering over- the strength and power to
rather said. “I think it was. It the crowd. to win crystal globes, ac- all title hopes remained make it back. I almost had
was fair. It was good. I was Weirather captured her first cording to information pro- mathematically afloat. She it, but I didn’t.”
the lucky one today.” overall discipline title by five vided by the International trails Mikaela Shiffrin by 198 Vonn is already plotting her
The challenging course points over Stuhec as she Ski Federation. points with two races left. course for the Olympics —
resulted in several big added to the family’s haul. “What does that mean for Stuhec would need to win and beyond.

Jones Hosmer dres, pitched the ninth for he turned it a little bit, but

Continued on page 22 the save. thank God he made a cou-
Pat Neshek (1-0), who had ple of pitches and he said
After being shut down for a brief stint with the Padres that he felt pretty good,”
the first five innings by Se- in 2011, worked the eighth Vizquel said.
attle Mariners ace Felix for the win. “We kept checking him in
Hernandez, the Americans Hernandez scattered three every inning to make sure
broke through against Ven- singles, struck out three and that he’s not getting tired
ezuela’s bullpen in the Pool walked none. during the game, and
F opener for both teams. King Felix made it through he did OK. Then after the
Hosmer, the MVP of the two heart-stopping mo- game, he’s fine, so hope-
2016 All-Star Game at Pet- ments in the first. He ap- fully he will be OK.”
co Park, singled leading off peared to tweak some- The Americans threatened
the seventh and scored on thing in his right leg while only once against Hernan-
Jonathan Lucroy’s sacri- fielding Jones’ swinging dez, and failed to come
fice fly. United States’ Adam Jones gestures after his solo home run dur- bunt and throwing him out through. He allowed three
Hector Rondon (0-1) start- ing the eighth inning of a second-round World Baseball Classic for the second out. After straight singles to Lucroy,
ed the eighth for Venezu- game against Venezuela in San Diego, Wednesday, March 15, being checked by a trainer Alex Bregman and Ian Kin-
ela and Jones homered 2017. The United States won 4-2. and throwing two warmup sler with one out in the third
to left-center to tie it at 2. Associated Press pitches, Hernandez stayed before Jones grounded
Christian Yelich singled and the crowd going crazy af- San Diego. in the game. Yelich then into a double play.
Nolan Arenado flied out ter a big swing or big play “The All-Star Game is some- hit a comebacker that Rougned Odor homered
before Hosmer muscled a like those tonight, it makes thing that, for me, it was knocked Hernandez’s with two outs in the seventh
shot an estimated 418 feet it really fun to be a part of my first time experiencing glove off. With a befuddled for a 2-0 lead for Venezu-
to right-center for the lead. this,” he said. it,” Hosmer said. “But this look on his face, the pitch- ela, which beat Italy 4-3 in
“After Jones hit that hom- Hosmer hit a solid drive in tournament is different. It’s er picked up the ball and a tiebreaker game in Gua-
er, the energy in the dug- his second at-bat, “and it a sense of pride through- threw out Yelich to end the dalajara, Mexico, on Mon-
out picked up and gave a went to the warning track. out the whole entire team, inning. day night to advance out
spark to our club,” Hosmer And I knew I got this one throughout the whole en- Venezuela manager Omar of Pool D.
said. better. I knew it had a tire country, because it only Vizquel said Hernandez Odor homered to right off
Then he connected, and chance,” he said. happens very seldom.” had a cramp in his upper David Robertson. Know-
the crowd chanted as he Hosmer hit a solo homer Luke Gregerson of the right leg. ing it was gone, the Texas
circled the bases. and an RBI single in the Houston Astros, who played “The way that he caught Rangers second baseman
“When you hear the ‘U-S- American League’s 4-2 win his first five big league sea- the ball and tried to throw clapped his hands as he
A!’ chants, when you hear at the 2016 All-Star Game in sons with the San Diego Pa- to first base, he said that broke out of the box.