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Lindsey Vonn tries to keep a tuck as she flies down the super-G course during the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s super-G on Tuesday at Beaver Creek. Vonn took bronze in the race behind Austria’s Anna Fenninger and Slovenia’s Tina Maze.

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VAIL — Buck Elliot of Paragon Guides still distinctly remembers watching the Alpine World Ski Championships flag make the nearly 100-mile journey from Aspen to Vail. It was the winter of 1989, and Vail was hosting the World Championships — the first time the event had been hosted in the United States since 1950, when Aspen held the event. To commemorate the return of the races to American soil, a group of organizers, dignitaries and area officials skied a special “Aspen to Vail Interconnect” flag, carried mostly by a team of relay skiers, along the 100-mile route over the course of three days, right into the opening ceremonies of the races.

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“I remember watching these legends, such as Pete Seibert, handing the flag off to the first two runners in Aspen. When they got into Beaver Creek, John Garnsey welcomed them with fanfare. Coming down Vail Mountain, a lot of kids and their parents passed it off. There were so many people there, and all these kids got a turn to ski with the flag,” said Elliot, who helped organize the first Interconnect. The flag started down the International run in Aspen, was run through town, and then was skied into the mountains. Relay skiers followed the path of the 10th Mountain Hut system along the way, ending up in Beaver Creek. From there, the flag was driven with fanfare through Minturn on a fire engine before another skier took it up the backside of Vail, where local youngsters took turns skiing the flag down Golden Peak. Finally, Norwegian Olympic gold medalist Stein Eriksen carried the flag into the opening ceremonies of the 1989 Championships. “It was the second time it had been back in the country since 1950, and we were glad to pass on the tradition in Colorado,” Elliot said. That passing on of the spirit of the Championships was a memorable event,

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Skiers display the Interconnect flag at the Pete Estin Hut. The Benedict 100 takes trekkers from Aspen to Vail, staying at some of the 10th Mountain huts along the way.

FIND OUT MORE X About the Benedict 100 at http://paragonguides.com under “Winter Adventures”: http://paragon guides.com/winter-adventures/hut-tohut-skiing/benedict-100.html X About the 10th Mountain Division Hut Association at www.huts.org said Elliot, so much so that local enthusiasts wanted to make it a tradition. “After 1989, people said, ‘Let’s do it again.’ For awhile the co-owners of Paragon Guides and the 10th Mountain Hut Association ran it, then we (Paragon Guides) took it over,” Elliot said. Over the years, the Interconnect took on a life of its own. Today, while it is still possible to take the original route that the flag bearers took, the more popular route doesn’t go through Edwards and Beaver Creek, but instead loops around to Camp Hale, up to Vail Pass and on into Vail. The trek was eventually named the Benedict 100 in honor of Fritz Benedict, the father and visionary behind the 10th Mountain Division huts, and guiding companies

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The first winner: Fenninger tops in super-G Mere hundredths of a second separate medalists By Shauna Farnell Special to the Daily

BEAVER CREEK — The margin that separated the gold, silver and bronze medalists in Tuesday’s FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s super-G was barely measurable by physical distance. It was a mere fraction of a blink of the eye, an imperceptible flash. But as Lindsey Vonn herself said after the race, “that’s ski racing for you.” Austrian Anna Fenninger, the 2014 Olympic super-G champion, was the woman who ended up with another gold medal on Tuesday, finishing a mere 0.03 seconds ahead of silver medalist and World Cup overall leader Tina Maze and 0.15 seconds ahead of Vonn, who took the bronze, the first of that color to add to her World Champs super-G collection.

WIND ON SHORTENED COURSE After 2 inches of snow fell overnight and strong wind forced organizers to move the start down to its reserve location — about five gates lower than the original super-G start — select racers were blasted by gusts of wind. A handful of racers veered off-course missing gates. Some said the course was considerably “turnier” than any super-G on the World Cup this season. It came down to a few hundredths of a second for those ladies who could make clean turns. “It was so tight,” Fenninger said of the podium. “The hundredths were on my side today.” The 25-year-old Austrian said she came into Tuesday’s race relatively stress-free, having landed Olympic gold and also a gold in the 2011 World Championships super-combined race, the first big win of her career. She managed to pull off a bronze in giant slalom in 2013 when the event was in her home country, but DNFed in the super-G. Coming into the Beaver Creek race, Fenninger said most of the pressure was on Vonn. The Austrian knew she had it in her to find the top step of the podium after a number of near wins on the World Cup

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Austria’s Anna Fenninger flies through the air as she rounds a gate during the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s super-G on Tuesday at Beaver Creek. Fenninger took first place ahead of Slovenia’s Tina Maze and American Lindsey Vonn. leading up to the race, including two weekends ago in the St. Moritz, Switzerland, super-G, where she finished 0.24 seconds behind Vonn. “I had not that much pressure today. I felt not like two years ago in Schladming. It’s so difficult to race at home. (Vonn) was the big favorite today. It was a very tight race and a very big fight,” Fenninger said. “I had six second-places in the World Cup until now. It was always very close. That’s the last thing I needed … a bit of luck.”

VONN BACK ON PODIUM Luck aside, anyone familiar with the World Cup would agree that it was a powerhouse podium and that the three

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medalists were extremely deserving. In spite of being the favorite, Vonn was pleased with her bronze-medal performance, a vast improvement to her last World Champs super-G race, where she sustained the horrific crash that would set her back two seasons with knee injuries. “I’m happy with the way I skied today. I’m happy with the result,” Vonn said. “I wish the weather was a bit better. I definitely had a strong head wind right out of the start gate.” Vonn’s first two splits, in spite of looking very clean, left her in the red. She made up a lot of time on the course, nearly half a second

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BEAVER CREEK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; While it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the race that everyone hoped for, the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s super-G got the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships rolling for the Americans with a medal on the board. Lindsey Vonn took the bronze, trailing closely behind second-place Tina Maze and winner Anna Fenninger. Teammate Julia Mancuso came in ninth, 1.65 seconds behind the winner, and Americans Stacey Cook and Laurenne Ross had respectable finishes coming in 13th and 15th, respectively. Vonn told reporters she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very happy with a bronze,â&#x20AC;? but expressed some regret about a slow start and high headwinds at the top part of the course. She put down the fastest time on the last half of the course, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to fend off Maze and Fenninger. Still, the Americans enjoyed the home-course advantage, and packed crowds at Redtail Stadium brought each American racer through the finish with loud cheers. Mancuso said she was pleased with her top-10 finish, pumping her fists and twirling her poles at the finish, saying that to win on the Beaver Creek super-G course took a very special run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt good about my skiing and the run. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ever thinking I should have done something different. There were unfortunate mistakes, but that happens in ski racing. I was especially excited to make it to the finish line with such an awesome crowd cheering,â&#x20AC;? she said. Stacey Cook said the challenge of the course was maintaining speed on the technical course. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This course can catch you off

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Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Julia Mancuso catches air as she rounds a gate during the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s super-G on Tuesday at Beaver Creek. Mancuso finish ninth in the race. guard at every gate. It was really hard to maintain through the whole thing. It was who could make the least mistakes,â&#x20AC;? she said. Ross rounded out the American finishers in 15th, about 2 seconds behind the winner. She said that snow conditions near the top of the course were tough and attributed to a few ragged turns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was definitely a little bumpy up there. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was bumpy for everyone, or if it was just bumpy by the time I went, but I definitely felt like I was getting rattled around a little bit,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Before we get to breaking down today’s men’s super-G of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, the bigger question is “Will we race?” Yep, there was very little snow during January, and then Worlds come to town — and, boom, as John Madden would say. The National Weather Service, as of this writing, has a winter weather advisory for wind and 6-10 inches through today. (By the way, get the Vail 2015 app for your phone, and you can get all the advisories sent out to the teams and the media. It’s really useful if you’re planning to attend.) Weather permitting, we’ve got plot lines galore. Your defending champion at Worlds is Ted Ligety (Bib No. 3). Speaking of bib numbers, we actually had a reader who read “Julia Mancuso (9)” on Tuesday and believed that meant we thought the Olympic former gold medalist was, in fact, 9 years old, which would have made for quite the story. (That makes Mikaela Shiffrin, 19, eligible for social security.) So to clarify, Ligety (3), who is actually 30, will have a tough go of attempting to repeat. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud (17) — again, that’s his bib, but congratulations on your driver’s license, Kjetil — is the man to watch. He won the Olympic super-G last year in Russia. Can he join Austria’s Anna Fenninger as a double winner of Olympic and Worlds super-G within a 12-month period? Jansrud, by the by, leads the World Cup in super-G points, finished second at Beaver Creek, despite a major bobble, in December, and was the fastest in training on Tuesday. Italy’s Dominik Paris (20) won the Kitzbuehel, Austria, super-G before everyone came to town, and Austria’s Hannes Reichelt (19) is the defending Birds of Prey super-G champ.

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The lowdown on the men’s super-G: ■ Format: One run with the fastest time winning, as long as you stay within the gates. Racers will get an inspection of the course set, but not ski it before the race. ■ Course numbers: The regular super-G start on Birds of Prey starts at 10,995 feet and drops 2,201 feet during a mere 1.04 miles. ■ Weather: As noted, the big question. The Vail 2015 app says we’ve got a high of 29 today. The bigger question is snow. Even if there is racing, snow can give an advantage sometimes to those who go early. Good karma for Ligety? ■ Notable winners of yore in super-G here: Norway’s Lasse Kjus and Hermann Maier shared the gold during the 1999 Worlds. Maier also won in 1997. Fredrik Nyberg, of Norway, took it in 2000, snapping the Herminator’s streak of seven wins in as many starts at Beaver Creek. Reichelt has won three times here, including the first World Cup win of his career in 2005.

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The mathematically astute will have determined that there are five, not four, Americans in the race. If a nation has the defending champ — Ligety — said champ automatically qualifies and does not count against the nation’s four

entries. ■ The picks: Our gurus did OK, all going with Lindsey Vonn on Tuesday. If you haven’t heard, she won bronze. Today, Vail Daily sports editor, Chris Freud, and the paper’s ski goddess Shauna

Farnell take Reichelt. Pat Graham, of AP Denver, goes with Miller. Sports Editor Chris Freud can be reached at 970-748-2934, cfreud@ vaildaily.com and @cfreud.

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Tuesday’s super-G results Daily staff report newsroom@vaildaily.com 1 FENNINGER Anna AUT 2 MAZE Tina SLO 3 VONN Lindsey USA 4 HUETTER C. AUT 5 REBENSBURG V. GER 6 WEIRATHER Tina LIE 7 GUT Lara SUI 8 KLING Kajsa SWE 9 MANCUSO Julia USA 10 CURTONI Elena ITA 11 HRONEK V. GER 12 FANCHINI Nadia ITA 13 COOK Stacey USA 14 JAY M.-A. Marie FRA 15 ROSS Laurenne USA 16 NUFER Priska SUI 17 STUHEC Ilka SLO 18 MARSAGLIA F. ITA

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Anna Fenninger, of Austria, drops to the ground with emotion after seeing herself in green numbers during the super-G race of the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Tuesday in Beaver Creek. Fenninger had finished second in the previous three World Cup super-G events.

There is no crying in ski racing: Tuesday’s super-G That was a great podium It really did seem that Slovenia’s Tina Maze sucked out all the air from Beaver Creek, knocking American Lindsey Vonn out of first place at Tuesday’s women’s super-G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Beaver Creek. The crowd, if possible, got even more silent after Austria’s Anna Fenninger blazed into the finish area with what would be the winning time. Fenninger, Maze and Vonn is the first podium of the ChampionChris Freud ships, and, a great one. On Skiing That’s the defending Olympic super-G champion, the defending World Championship winner in super-G and the most-prolific female super-G racer ever — all separated by 0.15-hundredth of a second. The notebook from Tuesday’s race:

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■ No crying in your beer or other beverage of choice, American race fans. As one who watched the 1999 Worlds here in their entirety and saw Team USA get blanked, we’re on the board! One is not meant to use an exclamation point, but it’s been 26 years since an American won on home snow, and I was a junior in high school then. Vonn battled the wind early, and it likely cost her the race. (There is no whining in ski racing. It’s an outdoor sport. Vonn said as much during the post-race news conference.) What was impressive was that she gained speed on the lower portions of the course, where others kept falling behind further. Vonn was in 17th place after the first time check, 0.61 seconds behind Maze. She blitzed the second half of the course, making up nearly half-a-second, something that bodes well for downhill on Friday. ■ Again, American race fans, you saw the first American to capture a Worlds medal on home snow since Tamara McKinney won bronze in slalom on Feb. 7, 1989,

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Weather, wind impact super-G course on Tuesday A strong gust, sun and shade can cost precious hundredths of a second for racers By Melanie Wong mwong@vaildaily.com

BEAVER CREEK — If you asked a racer what the conditions were like on Tuesday’s women’s super-G course, then the answer would depend on whom you asked. The day’s race was unquestionably altered by weather, with variable conditions such as visibility and gusts of wind costing precious fractions of seconds — a margin often big enough to cost racers a number of spots. Whether you come out on top or whether the conditions get the best of you, sometimes is a matter of luck — if the hundredths are on your side, as several racers said.

“The wind absolutely played a part today. And the sun was coming in and out — for some people there was sun, for some people there was no sun. It’s just ski racing.” Laurenne Ross U.S. Ski Team

reported unpleasant headwinds through the first few gates. Lindsey Vonn all but attributed the outcome of her race to the wind, saying she fought strong headwinds on her first few gates. The wind put her behind, and despite skiing strong and clean the rest of the course, the time was lost. “I just wish the weather was a little bit better. I was definitely a bit disappointed by the wind at the top part,” she said. “I was already 3-tenths out in the first 20 A WINDY START seconds. It’s pretty hard to come Tuesday’s super-G race was run back from that.” under partly cloudy skies on a Acknowledging that variable weather often plays a part in any shortened course thanks to high winds. A few gates were cut off race, she said she hoped for a more “fair” race as far as condithe top of the course to make the race safe, but many racers still tions 7:59 go for Encore-Vail Daily Ad 5.qxp_Layout 1 2/2/15 AMFriday’s Page 1downhill.

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Tina Maze, of Slovenia, copes with the wind just fine, but she was probably the exception on a blustery day for women’s super-G at the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Tuesday. “When you have a big event, sometimes the weather doesn’t go your way, and you are still happy with a medal,” she said shrugging.

“There is no such thing as a completely fair race. I knew that just standing at the starting gate. I’m hoping Friday will bring good

weather for a fair race and a chance to get another medal.”

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Men’s downhill training results 35 WEIBRECHT A. USA 1:48.19 35 FEUZ Beat SUI 1:48.19 37 OSBORNE-P. M. CAN 1:48.28 38 THOMSEN B. CAN 1:48.29 39 JITLOFF Tim USA 1:48.35 39 KILDE A. A.NOR 1:48.35 41 KOSI Klemen SLO 1:48.36 42STRIEDINGER O. AUT 1:48.37 43 VAN HEEK Marvin NED 1:48.47 44 KOSTELIC Ivica CRO 1:48.59 45 ZURBRIGGEN S. SUI 1:48.69 46 COOK Dustin CAN 1:48.72 47 CATER Martin SLO 1:48.77 48 JANKA Carlo SUI 1:49.01 49 MARSAGLIA M. ITA 1:49.06 50 PRIDY Morgan CAN 1:49.21 51 MUFFAT-J. V. FRA 1:49.22 52 ZAMPA Adam SVK 1:49.39 53 VON APPEN H. CHI 1:49.59 54 BYDLINSKI M. POL 1:50.19 55 HIRSCHER Marcel AUT 1:50.26 56 PREBBLE Nick NZL 1:50.32 57 TRIKHICHEV P. RUS 1:50.53 58 FAARUP C. DAN 1:50.64 59 FEASEY Willis NZL 1:51.16 60 FAYED Guillermo FRA 1:51.19 61 KRYZL Krystof CZE 1:51.31 62 VRABLIK Martin CZE 1:52.23 63 ZAMPA Andreas SVK 1:52.24 64 SIMARI B.C. J. ARG 1:53.57 65 ZAKURDAEV I. KAZ 1:53.72 66 ULLRICH Max CRO 1:54.98 67 ACHIRILOAIE I. V. ROU 1:55.39 68 ALESSANDRIA A.MON 1:57.39 69 TRAVERS Dean CAY 2:05.02

1 JANSRUD Kjetil NOR 1:45.62 2 FRANZ Max AUT 1:45.70 3 MAYER Matthias AUT 1:45.90 4 KUENG Patrick SUI 1:46.09 5 GANONG Travis USA 1:46.11 6 GOLDBERG Jared USA 1:46.25 7 BAUMANN Romed AUT 1:46.31 8 SANDER Andreas GER 1:46.42 9 STREITBERGER G. AUT 1:46.51 10 ROGER Brice FRA 1:46.70 11 SVINDAL A.Lund NOR 1:46.74 12 MILLER Bode USA 1:46.76 13 CAVIEZEL Mauro SUI 1:46.84 14 REICHELT Hannes AUT 1:46.87 15 MUZATON M. FRA 1:46.88 16 DEFAGO Didier SUI 1:47.01 17 THEAUX Adrien FRA 1:47.02 18 CLAREY Johan FRA 1:47.05 19 POISSON David FRA 1:47.11 20SULLIVAN Marco USA 1:47.21 21 FERSTL Josef GER 1:47.28 22 NYMAN Steven USA 1:47.30 23 INNERHOFER C. ITA 1:47.34 24 PARIS Dominik ITA 1:47.42 25 ROMAR Andreas FIN 1:47.45 26 BANK Ondrej CZE 1:47.48 27 ZRNCIC-DIM N. CRO 1:47.56 28 PINTURAULT A. FRA 1:47.74 29 GLEBOV A. RUS 1:47.89 30 BRANDNER Klaus GER 1:47.95 31 MERMILLOD B. T. FRA 1:48.01 32 HEEL Werner ITA 1:48.08 33 KLINE Bostjan SLO 1:48.09 34 LIGETY Ted USA 1:48.18

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Miller, Svindal complete runs in comeback bids Jansrud fastest in first day of men’s downhill training By John LaConte jlaconte@vaildaily.com

BEAVER CREEK — Following his downhill training run on Tuesday, Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal told reporters he probably isn’t a favorite for the podium in today’s super-G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. “Yes you are,” said downhiller Marco Sullivan of the U.S. Ski Team, who happened to be walking by at the time. Indeed, with his season abbreviated due to a torn Achilles, Svindal, the reigning super-G World Cup champion for three years running, has not had the training he would have hoped for heading into the World Championships. His appearance on the course Tuesday came as a surprise to many fans and reporters who were expecting him to be out the whole season. The Norwegian super-G star was promptly swarmed with cameras following his run. “I felt that this is something I haven’t done in a long time, but my timing wasn’t that bad,” Svindal told reporters. “So I think there was a lot of guys who had some issues.” Svindal concluded by confirming that he will race in today’s super-G. “I have nothing to lose, so we’ll see what happens,” he said.

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said his main focus in training was his start. “Every year I’ve been racing here I’ve v lost v the race on the top flat,” Ganong said of the course. “So that was my goal for training, to be faster up there, and today I was fast up there, so got the job done today.” Steven Nyman, who finished

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third in the downhill on the same course at the Birds of Prey World Cup in December, said he was experimenting with his run on Tuesday, finishing 22nd. “I thought I would see how direct you can go,” Nyman said. “I flew off the jump on Harrier and thought I was going to go into the fence.”

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here. Everyone always forgets this medal because McKinney won gold in the combined on Feb. 2, 1989. ■ Back to 1999, the U.S.A.’s best finish was Chad Fleischer in sixth in the super-G. Some guy named Bode Miller, then 21, took eighth in the slalom and there was much rejoicing. ■ Good gosh, could we please see another picture of Tiger Woods on the Jumbotron? First thought — the Worlds are about Lindsey, not Tiger. Second thought — it’s not like we haven’t seen a celebrity here before. Get over it, whoever’s choosing the shots. Third thought — go make the cut at Torrey Pines, Tiger. (I mean that with goodwill. I want to see him come back.) Fourth thought — put Tiger on the video board if he’s playing golf here in the summer. I’d pay to see Tiger play at this altitude. ■ How seriously is skiing taken in Austria? Fenninger’s news conference went out live in Austria. ■ True story: Fenninger’s first win actually came at Worlds in 2011 in Garmisch, Germany, in the super-combined. Sometimes, Worlds produces a “what-the-heck?” moment with a surprise winner. Fenninger clearly wasn’t a “what the heck?’ since she’s gone onto win nine times on the World Cup. ■ In a sign of what may be coming, of those nine World Cup wins, only

one is in super-G — the rest are GS. Before Tuesday, Fenninger’s super-G results this season had been eighth, second, second and second. ■ Scary thought: Fenninger is just 25. ■ Maze? Terrific start for her. During her news conference, a reporter brought up Norway’s Lasse Kjus, who won medals in all five disciplines here in 1999 — two gold (downhill and super-G) and three silver (combined, GS and slalom). If anyone — male or female — can duplicate Kjus’ five, it would be Maze, but … I don’t think so. That is just so tough with five races in two weeks. ■ In some eyes, Maze had a bad season in 2013-14 with only 964 points. After all, she entered Worlds with 985 points already this season. Maze won only twice last season on tour, but managed to salvage the sewer pit of her year with Olympic golds in downhill and GS. Last year was a “bad year” because she was simply otherworldly in 201213, scoring a record 2,414 points. The previous record was 2,000 by Hermann Maier in 1999-2000. By comparison, any season, which followed, was going to be “terrible.” (In 2012-13, she won 11 times on the tour and have a gold and two silvers at Worlds. How do you top that?) The pressure is off Maze, and she’s skiing freely again. It’s a beautiful thing to see. ■ As we write, surprisingly enough, Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud is leading men’s

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Switzerland’s Lara Gut, who was a favorite for the super-G, echoed the sentiment. Gut was disappointed that she failed to make the podium, and said that factors like wind can completely ruin a race. “This was a little bit disappointing, starting a World Championships with so much wind. Today, the wind wasn’t necessarily the problem for me, but I have teammates like Fabienne (Suter) who had no chance, they lost a second just because of the wind. It’s not fair for everyone. There are other girls who could be (in the top 10) and they won’t be in the top 30 just because of the weather.”

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Lindsey Vonn celebrates after finishing her super-G run during the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships on Tuesday in Beaver Creek. Despite a rough start because of the wind, Vonn was the fastest on the bottom of the course and earned bronze in the competition. downhill training. (Big shock! OK, that really didn’t require an exclamation point.) Cool to see Bode and Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal — welcome back, gents — running well, too. Now, all we need is for it not to snow. (Yeah, right!) Darn exclamation point.

Other racers on Tuesday said they were able to deal despite the wind and visibility. Tina Maze, of Slovenia, who raced to second place right after Vonn’s run, said the wind didn’t phase her. “It was bad — there was a lot of wind on the first three gates, but that’s the way it was. When you don’t see much of the floor, it’s hard to ski this kind of course,” she said, referring to the swirling snow created by the gusts. “But when you get wind, you say, ‘OK.’ You just go out and do your best. I actually like the wind, even though it makes your time slower. When I’m in my helmet and I’m warm, I’m not afraid of it. I don’t think about it that much.” Sometimes the wind isn’t as much of a physical factor as a mental one. “It’s more that everything just gets rushed when there’s wind,” said American Julia Mancuso. “I didn’t think it affects times as much, but it does affect concentration a little bit.” American Laurenne Ross summed up the unpredictability of the sport:“The wind absolutely played a part today. And the sun was coming in and out — for some people there was sun, for some people there was no sun. It’s just ski racing.”

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from her second split time to the bottom. Wearing bib No. 18 with Tiger Woods, her mother and retired German racer and good friend Maria Hoefl-Riesch among her cheering section, she crossed the finish line with the fastest time, 0.11 seconds ahead of then-leader Cornelia Heutter of Austria, who ended up fourth Tuesday. “You could pick any number of gates on the top. A couple of gates cost me more than 15-hundredths,” Vonn said. “But at the same time, Anna skied incredibly well. I’m very proud to be on the podium with those two.” Maze, the only woman left on the World Cup circuit who continues to podium in all five race disciplines, was all smiles in the post-race press conference, displaying a pair of new leather mittens featuring Colorado flags. “It was a great day for me,” the Slovenian said. “It was not easy to ski with the wind. This is a tough hill. It’s a lot of waves, a lot of terrain. I have a lot of respect for this course. I’m really happy I could bring down this run.” Wearing bib No. 19, Maze followed Vonn down the course and the reaction in the overflowing finish stadium was measurably different when the Slovenian took over the lead spot. “She was the one to beat for me here,” Maze said of Vonn. “When I came down seeing the No. 1, of course, JUSTIN Q. MCCARTY | SPECIAL TO THE DAILY the crowd was really silent. Anna had the great run. In life it’s like that. Those hundredths are changing. It’s Tina Maze, of Slovenia, reacts to her time after finishing the always close. You have to be a little lucky with those super-G course during the World Championships, finishing in hundredths.” second place on Tuesday in Beaver Creek.

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