Fabienne Suter

BANSKO, Bulgaria, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Swiss Fabienne Suter won her first World Cup downhill race in the Bulgarian resort of Bansko on Friday. The 24-year-old, who had only one top 10 result in the discipline before, proved the course was more suited to super-G specialists like her, outclassing the rest of the field in one minute and 45.68 seconds. Suter, who won two super-G's in Sestriere and Bormio last season, bagged her third World Cup victory with a lead of 1.15 seconds over Austria's Andrea Fischbacher. Like Suter, world championship super-G bronze medallist Fischbacher had also shone in practice for the longer discipline. ... Read Full Story

American Lindsey Vonn won Sunday's Super G race in Bansko, Bulgaria for her 20th World Cup success, edging out Swiss racer Fabienne Suter and Slovenia's Tina Maze. Vonn, who Saturday had wrapped up the women's World Cup downhill title for the second year running, won in 1 min 14.49sec with Suter 0.58sec adrift and Maze 0.92sec off the pace. With her seventh success of the season Vonn extended her overall World Cup lead over Germany's Maria Riesch, fifth in Sunday's race, to 391 points and is now on the verge of retaining her title. Vonn is on a hot streak of form having captured ... Read Full Story

BANSKO, Bulgaria, March 1 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn took a big step towards retaining the overall World Cup title with victory in a Super-G on Sunday. The American, who is also the discipline's world champion, had appeared weary when finishing 12th in Saturday's downhill but she set the record straight with a time of one minute and 14.49 seconds for her seventh win of the season and 20th in her career. Hampered by a thumb injury since the world championships and by a crash in practice, the World Cup leader left in-form Fabienne Suter 0.58 behind. Slovenia's Tina Maze took third place. It was ... Read Full Story

TWO-TIME CHAMP. American Lindsey Vonn competes in the women's downhill event during the FIS Ski World cup in Bansko, Bulgaria on February 28, 2009. Austria's Andrea Fischbacher won ahead of Slovenia's Tina Maze and third placed Fabienne Suter of Switzerland. Vonn secured the women's World Cup downhill title for the second year running on Saturday despite a modest 12th place finish . A day later, she won her fourth straight women's World Cup super-G race Sunday, increasing her lead in the overall standings. Below, Suter of Switzerland (2nd place), Vonn (1st place), and Maze of Slovenia (3rd place) celebrate on the podium . (Photos ... Read Full Story

ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM. Lindsey Vonn competes during the women's alpine skiing super-G in Tarvisio on February 22, 2009. Double world champion Lindsey Vonn won the women's alpine skiing super-G, an American record 19th World Cup success. Vonn timed 1min 21.72sec to shut out Swiss rival Fabienne Suter and Slovenia's Tina Maze. Vonn was injured recently when she cut her hand badly on a champagne bottle in a post-race celebration. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images) Read Full Story