ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND — Anja Paerson won a World Cup super-combined event for her first victory of the season, while Lindsey Vonn finished third to extend her lead in the overall standings.
Paerson clocked 2 minutes, 00.54 seconds Friday in the combined super-G and slalom runs on the Corviglia piste.
The Swede celebrated her 41st career World Cup win — fourth on the all-time list — with her trademark belly slide in the finish area.
Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria was second, 0.43 behind, and Vonn trailed by 0.92 after being second fastest in the super-G.
Vonn collected 60 World Cup points to build a 116-point lead over Germany’s Maria Riesch.
Riesch skied out near the end of her super-G run when she misjudged her line and skied wide left of a gate approaching a tight left-hand turn. She stood beside the course with her head bowed over her skis reflecting on her mistake.
Paerson, who won back-to-back overall titles in 2004 and ’05, moved up to third, trailing two-time defending champion Vonn by 330.
Paerson was eighth after the super-G with 0.82 to make up on the 25-year-old American, but delivered the fastest slalom run. The Olympic slalom champion also won the St. Moritz super-combi last season.
