Title Chase Narrows for Vonn

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (March 7, 2015) - Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was seventh Saturday in the Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, retaining her tour lead but seeing the margin drop to 35 points over Anna Fenninger of Austria. Fenninger was second in a race won by Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather. The crystal globe will be decided March 18 at the World Cup Finals in Meribel, France.

Vonn, who won on her last outing at Garmisch in 2012, felt good about her run but got pushed low in some of the turns, eventually falling 1.40 seconds back from Weirather. 

"I skied pretty well, maybe got a little bit pushed low in some turns," said Vonn. "But in general I thought it was a decent run. I was a little disappointed with my placing and the points difference for the title. But I did my best and hopefully tomorrow will be better."

She remained ever concious of the battle for the crystal globe, which will now play out in France. "It will be a fun finals in both downhill and super G and I’m looking forward to it," she said. "I’ve never skied Meribel before so Im at a bit of a disadvantage. I think it’s good for the sport - like Tina and Anna battling for the overall. For me it would have been better to have had a better result today and I’m looking forward to the Finals."

Saturday's downhill on the famed Kandahar piste was a key piece in Alice McKennis' (Glenwood Springs, CO) return from a severely broken leg she suffered near the bottom of the course in Garmisch in March, 2013. "Overall I’m really psyched with how I skied and it feels good to have a good run on a hill that I had a bad image of," she said. "Now I can have a good memory of this place and change that around."

The women are back to racing Sunday with a super G.

Alice McKennis grabs her second top-15 result of the season.

HIGHLIGHTS

• After finishing seventh in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill. Lindsey Vonn now holds a narrow 402-367 point lead over Austria's Anna Fenninger.
• Vonn won six straight downhill titles - from 2007 through 2013 - until missing the globe a year ago due to injury.
• Alice McKennis (Glenwood Springs, CO) continued her strong comeback from injury, finishing 13th with Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) 22nd.
• The women race super G in Garmisch on Sunday. Vonn now stands 32 points behind Fenninger with two events remaining.

RESULTS
Women's Downhill