LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn’s bid for three World Cup wins in three days came up just short Sunday, when she was edged by Elisabeth Goergl of Austria in the women’s super-G.
The two-time defending overall World Cup champion from Vail finished just 0.03 seconds behind Goergl’s winning time of 1 minute, 21.91 seconds, while Ingrid Jacquemod of France was third in 1:22.93.
Vonn won the season-opening downhills Friday and Saturday.
“I was happy with my run, but it’s always a little bit tough to lose by three one-hundredths. It’s such a small margin,” Vonn said. “Obviously Lizzy had the better run today, and I’ll have to look at the video and see where I can make up time for the next race.”
Vonn was actually quicker on the upper portion of the 2,026-meter course than Goergl, whose victory was the first in the seven World Cup races this season for the Austrian women’s team.
“We have big expectations on us, and we haven’t been that good in the last races,” the 28-year-old Goergl said. “I won this race for the whole team.”
It was Vonn’s third podium in the super-G at Lake Louise, and her 11th overall podium at the Canadian venue. She credits such a great deal of success in Lake Louise over the years to her level of comfort there.
“I just have always liked Lake Louise and I think the hill really suits my strengths. I had my first World Cup win here, and I have a lot of confidence on this hill,” Vonn said. “I know what to do and I know the line everywhere. It just all makes me really confident when I am standing in the starting gate.”
The next women’s World Cup races are a slalom and giant slalom in Are, Sweden.
