Ski World Cup in Austria
Drama for Vonn-DSV star misses surprise
06.02.2025 – 1:23 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The American experiences an unfortunate Super-G and ends up empty. The DSV athletes also remain without Fortune on Thursday.
A very, very bitter race for US superstar Lindsey Vonn in the Super-G at the World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm. In her first World Cup race, the 40-year-old returnee has been eliminated early on Thursday afternoon-in the most unfortunate way.
Because byn, until then well on the road, drove into a goal at a high pace and got stuck – that. Then she held her right arm in front of pain. It is still unclear whether the former speed queen, which has already won eight World Cup medals in her career, has seriously injured.
Vonn had already triggered angering with an Instagram post on Wednesday: The American showed herself in her story with an inhalation device, wrote: “Current condition: could be better”. Later she explained in a more detailed post: “I have a bad cold or flu. But don’t worry, after everything I went through, I would not be prevented from the start.” The competitor in her is “still there.”
Even more: “I know that I still have the skills of being successful in this sport – but all the puzzle pieces will fit together? I don’t know. But what I know is the following: I will give me nothing but Accept acceptance and I will have fun! ” In the Super-G it was not enough for a medal.
The German ski racers also missed precious metal. Emma Aicher was a good result as the sixth, her teammate Kira Weidle-Winkelmann landed outside the top 20 and experienced a bitter disappointment.
The victory went somewhat surprisingly to Austrian Stephanie Venier. The local hero referred the favorite Federica Brignone from Italy for a tenth of a second in second place. Bronze shared the Norwegian Kajsa Vickhoff with the simultaneous American Lauren Macuga. For Lie it was a déjà vu: she had already shared third place at the World Cup two years ago-at that time with Cornelia Hütter from Austria.
On Friday (from 11.30 a.m. in the live ticker at T-Online), the men’s super-G will take place at the Zwölferkogel.