Germany's Maria Riesch 嵐／襲撃するs to her first downhill 勝利，勝つ for three years at St Moritz

By Sportsmail Reporter
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Maria Riesch put an end to Lindsey Vonn's unbeaten run in downhills this season with victory in St Moritz.

The German slalom world 支持する／優勝者, Vonn's closest friend and main 競争相手 on the World Cup 回路・連盟, had not won a downhill for more than three years but her third victory in the discipline, in one minute 41.31 seconds, （機の）カム at just the 権利 time, with the Vancouver Games on the horizon.

Vonn's clean sweep of the first five downhills of the winter had given the American the 辛勝する／優位 in the World Cup standings but Riesch kept alive her chances thanks to her 予期しない feat on a 地形 which appeared to 控訴 Vonn better.

Maria Riesch

The joy of victory: Maria Riesch celebrates after her victory in St Moritz

Riesch, whose last victory in the discipline 時代遅れの 支援する to December 2006 in Lake Louise, won ahead of フラン's Ingrid Jacquemod and Switzerland's Fabienne Suter.

Jacquemod was 0.79 behind for her third podium of the season while Suter finished 0.96 流浪して.

Vonn lost her pace halfway 負かす／撃墜する the Corviglia slope and had to be content with fifth place behind Sweden's Anja Paerson, 勝利者 of a 最高の-連合させるd on Friday.

Riesch had failed to finish the 最高の-連合させるd and said that 失望 had 解雇する／砲火／射撃d her up for Saturday.

'There were 涙／ほころびs of 激怒（する） and they helped me fight 支援する today,' she said.

Riesch

Riesch: On her way to victory in Saturday's women's downhill

In the 全体にわたる World Cup standings, Vonn leads Riesch by 61 points on 1,211, while Paerson lies third, on 886 points.

'I was in 広大な／多数の／重要な form in downhills but the victories were 行方不明の because Lindsey was always there on 最高の，を越す,' Riesch 追加するd.

'It's a 広大な／多数の／重要な a joy and a form of 救済 so の近くに to the Olympics.'

Vonn, who will be chasing her first メダル at her third Olympics, said: 'I take it as a timely 警告 that you should never 残り／休憩（する） on your laurels.

Lindsey Vonn

Beaten: Lindsey Vonn had to settle for fifth place

'It was bound to happen some day. Yet I'm disappointed because I made 正確に／まさに the same mistake as I did two years ago,' 追加するd Vonn, who has never won a race in St Moritz.

Vonn, Riesch and Paerson will 戦う／戦い it out again in a 最高の-G on Sunday before turning their minds to the オリンピック, which begin on February 12.


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