staged a second-run attack (1.42 seconds faster
than any other second run) that left the 51-time
World Cup winner in joyful hysterics in the finish
area. Eurosport TV announcers called the run
“some of, if not the best skiing” they had ever
seen. Vonn held the lead until Rebensburg slid
her ski tips out of the start house with a 1.68-sec-
ond cushion handed to her by Vonn in the first
run. She gave back a little at a time down the
entire course and then dropped a huge chunk of
her speed with two mistakes on the final pitch.
Rebensburg’s first-run stockpile held out, and
she beat Vonn by 0.26 seconds.
“I was almost 1.70 behind Vicki after the first
run,” said Vonn, who finished second for just her
third career GS podium. “I went for the most di-
rect line possible and risked a lot and was able
to make up a lot of time. I was thinking I could
maybe get the win when Vicki had trouble on
the bottom, but she was just too strong today.”
The win gave Rebensburg a 135-point lead
over Vonn in the GS rankings with two GS rac-
es remaining on this season’s schedule. Vonn
has never finished a season ranked higher than
eighth in the GS standings.
“This is crazy — I couldn’t expect it,” said Rebensburg about collecting her fifth and sixth career wins at home. “Two awesome days. It was
pretty close in the second run. I had two mistakes in the last part. It doesn’t matter; I won the
race. It is crazy.”
Rebensburg
had never
finished better
than sixth in
Ofterschwang
but topped
both GS
podiums this
time around.
Rebensburg came
home to to win a pair
of World Cup GS races
and take over in the
discipline rankings.
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