Lindsey Vonn placed seventh at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup giant slalom on Tuesday in Semmering, Austria. Second-place Riesch now overtook Vonn at the top in overall standings.
Tessa Worley of France won a third consecutive women’s World Cup giant slalom with two minutes and 9.66 seconds. Germany’s Maria Riesch followed behind in second place with two minutes and 10.28 seconds. World champion Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany took third with two minutes and 10.44 seconds, according to results released by The Associated Press.
“I did a very good first run but still didn’t expect to win it,” said Worley as quoted in USA Today. “It’s pretty difficult up there when you have to wait being the last starter. I just forced myself to think it was not a second run but just a whole new race I had to win.”
Worley is still two straight wins away from Ania Paerson’s record of five consecutive wins by 2004.
Vonn took two minutes and 11.06 seconds to finish the course, 1.40 seconds behind Worley. Vonn, a three-time overall World Cup champion, is now 41 points behind Riesch for the final slalom race of the year on Wednesday.
Tessa Worley of France won a third consecutive women’s World Cup giant slalom with two minutes and 9.66 seconds. Germany’s Maria Riesch followed behind in second place with two minutes and 10.28 seconds. World champion Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany took third with two minutes and 10.44 seconds, according to results released by The Associated Press.
“I did a very good first run but still didn’t expect to win it,” said Worley as quoted in USA Today. “It’s pretty difficult up there when you have to wait being the last starter. I just forced myself to think it was not a second run but just a whole new race I had to win.”
Worley is still two straight wins away from Ania Paerson’s record of five consecutive wins by 2004.
Vonn took two minutes and 11.06 seconds to finish the course, 1.40 seconds behind Worley. Vonn, a three-time overall World Cup champion, is now 41 points behind Riesch for the final slalom race of the year on Wednesday.
