Lindsey Vonn won the women’s World Cup super-G title with victory on the slopes of St Moritz in Switzerland. The American fended off Austrian Andrea Fischbacher and France’s Marie Marchand-Arvier to take an unassailable lead with two races remaining. Vonn’s nearest super-G title rival, Swiss Fabienne Suter, finished fourth.

Read more on… American Lindsey Vonn claims World super-G title

Kitzbühel will stage the famous Hahnenkamm downhill race from January 22nd – 24th. First staged in 1931 this month’s race will mark the 70th running of the race. The Hahnenkamm is Austria’s biggest annual sporting event attracting at least 50,000 fans to the slopes.

Read more on… Kitzbühel gears up for 70th Hahnenkamm

American Lindsey Vonn blitzed her rivals again to secure a hat-trick of wins this weekend in the Austrian resort of Haus Im Ennstal after taking victory in a World Cup super-G. Winner of both downhills held the two previous days, Vonn’s feat matched that of Germany’s Katja Seizinger in Lake Louise in 1997.

Read more on… Lindsey Vonn wins Haus im Ennstal super-G

Slovenia’s Andrej Jerman won the Bormio downhill to claim only the second World Cup win of his career. The 31-year-old completed the bumpy 3.27 kilometre Stelvio course in two minutes 0.32 seconds, more than half a second ahead of Switzerland’s Didier Defago.

Read more on… Slovenia’s Andrej Jerman wins downhill in Bormio

Michael Walchhofer was quickest in the opening training session for Tuesday’s downhill in Bormio. The 34 year old Austrian, who won the World Cup downhill title in 2009, was 16 hundredths quicker than Andrej Jerman and compatriot Christoph Gruber.

Read more on… Michael Walchhofer quickest in Bormio

Austrian world champion Kathrin Zettel suffered a right knee injury in training and is doubtful for the World Cup giant slalom and slalom in Lienz on Monday and Tuesday. The 23-year-old, world champion in the combined, damaged ligaments in her knee, according to the Austrian skiing federation.

Zettel currently leads the giant slalom standings, but is still searching for her first win after three podium places in the giant and one in the slalom.

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