Lindsey Vonn heads to the Vancouver Olympics happy and healthy after enjoying a perfect Sunday.
"Now I feel like I'm ready," Vonn said after winning a super-G race in St. Moritz, Switzerland, her final World Cup event before the Feb. 12-28 games.
"I'm definitely in the best shape I've ever been in. Mentally and physically prepared."
Vonn kept her promise to first take care of World Cup business.
She extended her lead in the overall standings, clinched the super-G title with two races to spare and took instant revenge against a course that on Saturday tricked her out of a chance to go unbeaten all season in downhill.
Best of all, Vonn completed her 26-race, pre-Olympic program with nine wins, confident and injury-free.
"I'm really relieved that I made it through the World Cup with no injuries," Vonn said. "That is absolutely the worst thing that could possibly happen. It's kind of been on my mind."
Vonn cited the racers' creed that skiing cautiously to avoid injury often ends up causing one.
Reinfried Herbst won a men's World Cup slalom in Kranjska Gora, Sloveni, leading an Austrian 1-2 finish. Ted Ligety of the United States, who won Friday, had a strong second run to rise from 10th to fourth place but was later disqualified for straddling a gate. Bode Miller of the United States skipped the race to rest his sore ankle ahead of the Olympics.
Erin Hamlin of Remsen, N.Y., finished third for her third bronze medal of the season. Hamlin finished 0.114 seconds off the gold-medal pace. Megan Sweeney of Suffield, Conn., was eighth and Julia Clukey of Augusta, Maine, was 17th. They'll join Hamlin, who finished fourth in the World Cup, on the USA Luge roster for the Olympics. Now, it's back home for the U.S. luge team and more training before heading to Vancouver. American sliders will arrive in Park City, Utahm, for a weeklong camp starting today.
Mario Stecher of Austria won a World Cup event in Seefeld, Austria, for his first victory of the season and 10th overall. The 32-year-old Stecher, who was ninth after the ski jump, finished the 10-kilometer cross-country race in 25 minutes, 32.8 seconds.
Anders Jacobsen of Norway won a World Cup event in Oberstdorf, Germany, for his first victory in nearly two years. Jacobsen soared 213.5 and 210 meters to collect 426.7 points.
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