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Vonn back on top of standings

Dec. 21, 2009
Lindsey Vonn capped a successful weekend with a third-place finish in a super-G in Val D'Isere, France, that helped her to reclaim the lead of the overall World Cup standings. Following her victory in Friday's super combined, Vonn made mistakes in the upper...
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ARE, Sweden, March 11 (UPI) -- U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn won the downhill Wednesday at the Audi FIA World Cup Finals in Sweden, locking up her second consecutive overall championship.
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Vonn shines in Worlds downhill practice

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Paerson, Gisin tie in downhill, Vonn third

Paerson, Gisin tie in downhill, Vonn third

ZAUCHENSEE, Austria, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Sweden's Anja Paerson and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin tied for a downhill title in Zauchensee, Austria, Sunday, with U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn finishing third.
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Sutter wins; Vonn nears World Cup title

BORMIO, Italy, March 13 (UPI) -- Fabienne Sutter claimed her second super G victory Thursday in Italy but Lindsey Vonn's second-place finish all-but wrapped up the Audi FIS World Cup title.

Paerson, Riesch, Vonn finish 1-2-3

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, March 9 (UPI) -- Swedish skier Anja Paerson won a super-combined title in Switzerland Sunday over German Maria Riesch and American Lindsey Vonn.

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CORTINA D' AMPEZZO, Italy, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Lindsey Vonn of Vail, Colo., raced to her eighth World Cup downhill victory Saturday, winning easily in Italy.

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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler