Vonn Moves Closer To Title With Super-G Win

Swiss Fabienne Suter was second and Slovenia`s Tina Maze was third.

Lindsey Vonn took a big step towards retaining the overall World Cup title with victory in a Super-G on Sunday.

The American, who is also the discipline's world champion, had appeared weary when finishing 12th in Saturday's downhill but she set the record straight with a time of one minute and 14.49 seconds for her seventh win of the season and 20th in her career.

Hampered by a thumb injury since the world championships and by a crash in practice, the World Cup leader left in-form Fabienne Suter 0.58 behind. Slovenia's Tina Maze took third place.

It was Suter's third podium in three days, after winning Friday's downhill and finishing third on Saturday.

Vonn leads the World Cup overall standings on 1,556 points with Germany's Maria Riesch, who was fifth on Sunday, her only serious rival on 1,165.

Swiss Suter took the lead in the super-G World Cup standings 15 points ahead of Vonn.

Official RESULTS and STANDINGS from the
World Cup women's super-G in Bansko, Bulgaria on Sunday
1.    Lindsey Vonn (U.S.)                 1:14.49
2.    Fabienne Suter (Switzerland)        1:15.07
3.    Tina Maze (Slovenia)                1:15.40
4.    Ingrid Jacquemod (France)           1:15.64
5.    Maria Riesch (Germany)              1:15.82
5=.   Fraenzi Aufdenblatten (Switzerland) 1:15.82
7.    Nadia Fanchini (Italy)              1:15.84
8.    Andrea Fischbacher (Austria)        1:16.09
9.    Regina Mader (Austria)              1:16.15
10.   Anja Paerson (Sweden)               1:16.23
11.   Renate Goetschl (Austria)           1:16.36
12.   Nadia Styger (Switzerland)          1:16.37
13.   Marie Marchand-Arvier (France)      1:16.52
14.   Emily Brydon (Canada)               1:16.75
15.   Andrea Dettling (Switzerland)       1:16.78
16.   Julia Mancuso (U.S.)                1:16.80
17.   Daniela Ceccarelli (Italy)          1:16.86
18.   Wendy Siorpaes (Italy)              1:16.88
19.   Nicole Schmidhofer (Austria)        1:16.90
20.   Marion Rolland (France)             1:16.91
21.   Lara Gut (Switzerland)              1:17.31
22.   Stefanie Koehle (Austria)           1:17.39
23.   Martina Schild (Switzerland)        1:17.43
23=.  Aurelie Revillet (France)           1:17.43
25.   Chemmy Alcott (Britain)             1:17.47
26.   Keely Kelleher (U.S.)               1:17.70
27.   Enrica Cipriani (Italy)             1:17.73
28.   Nadja Kamer (Switzerland)           1:17.98
29.   Britt Janyk (Canada)                1:18.01
30.   Dominique Gisin (Switzerland)       1:18.09

 Super-G standings                   Points
 1.   Fabienne Suter (Switzerland)        376
 2.   Lindsey Vonn (U.S.)                 361
 3.   Nadia Fanchini (Italy)              336
 4.   Jessica Lindell-Vikarby (Sweden)    216
 5.   Anja Paerson (Sweden)               206
 6.   Andrea Dettling (Switzerland)       181
 7.   Tina Maze (Slovenia)                178
 8.   Fraenzi Aufdenblatten (Switzerland) 164
 9.   Andrea Fischbacher (Austria)        161
 9=.  Lara Gut (Switzerland)              161
 11.  Anna Fenninger (Austria)            126
 12.  Marie Marchand-Arvier (France)      119
 13.  Elisabeth Goergl (Austria)          111
 13=. Maria Riesch (Germany)              111
 15.  Ingrid Jacquemod (France)           106
 16.  Britt Janyk (Canada)                100
 17.  Nadja Kamer (Switzerland)            97
 18.  Renate Goetschl (Austria)            86
 18=. Emily Brydon (Canada)                86
 20.  Kelly Vanderbeek (Canada)            83

  Overall standings
 1.  Lindsey Vonn (U.S.)                 1556
 2.  Maria Riesch (Germany)              1165
 3.  Anja Paerson (Sweden)                986
 4.  Kathrin Zettel (Austria)             885
 5.  Tanja Poutiainen (Finland)           713
 6.  Fabienne Suter (Switzerland)         694
 7.  Tina Maze (Slovenia)                 662
 8.  Elisabeth Goergl (Austria)           585
 9.  Andrea Fischbacher (Austria)         579
 10. Nadia Fanchini (Italy)               571
 11. Lara Gut (Switzerland)               524
 12. Sarka Zahrobska (Czech Republic)     472
 13. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden)      408
 14. Nicole Hosp (Austria)                404
 15. Marie Marchand-Arvier (France)       354
 16. Dominique Gisin (Switzerland)        335
 17. Michaela Kirchgasser (Austria)       334
 18. Manuela Moelgg (Italy)               332
 19. Anna Fenninger (Austria)             316
 20. Andrea Dettling (Switzerland)        314