Recovering from mid-course mistakes has become American ski racer Lindsey Vonn’s calling card.                                 She executed yet another inspiring save today (Feb. 26) in Bansko, Bulgaria to earn her fourth World Cup super G win of the season.  Vonn, who started the race with a 20-point lead in the super G standings in the No. 17 bib, made a her mistake in the middle of the course when she briefly lost balance and threw her skis sideways, losing precious speed. The following split timer showed Vonn 0.61 seconds behind the current leader. The three-time super G title winner found a new gear in the bottom portion of the course, showing the athleticism that took her to three other super G wins this season, taking huge air off the final jump and crossing the finish line with a 0.05 advantage on second place finisher Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein. The win marked Vonn’s second consecutive super G win in Bansko as she also took the victory the last time the women’s tour stopped here in 2009. Today's win, the 18th World Cup super G of Vonn's career, also gives her the record of most super G wins of any woman in World Cup history. Retired Austrian great Renate Goetschl prevously held the record at 17. Italian Daniela Merighetti was only another two hundredths of a second behind Weirather to grab third place honors. It was the fifth podium of Weirather's career, all coming in this, her breakout season. Merighetti notched her second podium of the season. Slovenian Tina Maze came closest to the tightly packed podium in fourth place, 0.33 seconds off the winning time. With today’s win in the last super G of the regular season, Vonn’s super G point total climbed to 413 points. Only Austrian Anna Fenninger, now 94 points behind with a 10th-place finish today, could possible stop Vonn from winning her third discipline title of the season. Vonn has already secured this season’s World Cup downhill and super combined titles and holds a commanding 528-point lead in the overall standings. Competition was tight all the way down the start list as racers were fighting for not only the podium, but also a place among the top 25 in the season-long rankings to earn a ticket to the World Cup finals in Schladming, Austria in three weeks. The women were happy to finally be racing in Bansko, a day after strong winds canceled the last downhill of the regular season. Winds were much calmer today as a capacity crowd filled the stands on an overcast but warm day. American Julia Mancuso, winner of the last super G in Garmisch, Germany, lost some speed in the middle of the course but hung on to finish eighth today and secure a third-place ranking heading into finals. Fellow Americans Leanne Smith and Luarenne Ross finished 18th and 24th, respectively today. Smith will join teammates Vonn and Mancuso in the finals super G race ranked 19th. Ross just missed the cut standing in 28th, though she will be competing in the downhill at finals. The women’s World Cup season will wind down over the next two weekends with tech races in Ofterschwang, Germany and Are, Sweden before closing the show in Schladming March 11-18. MORE TO COME Image by Gepa

Rank	Bib	FIS Code	Name	Year	Nation	Total Time	FIS Points
1	17	537544	VONN Lindsey	1984	USA	1:15.66	0.00
2	9	355050	WEIRATHER Tina	1989	LIE	1:15.71	0.70
3	2	296008	MERIGHETTI Daniela	1981	ITA	1:15.73	0.98
4	21	565243	MAZE Tina	1983	SLO	1:15.99	4.62
5	7	515560	SCHILD Martina	1981	SUI	1:16.04	5.32
6	20	206001	HOEFL-RIESCH Maria	1984	GER	1:16.26	8.41
7	22	516138	GUT Lara	1991	SUI	1:16.29	8.83
8	16	537545	MANCUSO Julia	1984	USA	1:16.31	9.11
9	14	55690	HOSP Nicole	1983	AUT	1:16.55	12.47
10	18	55947	FENNINGER Anna	1989	AUT	1:16.59	13.03
11	8	515573	AUFDENBLATTEN Fraenzi	1981	SUI	1:16.83	16.39
12	15	297910	CURTONI Elena	1991	ITA	1:16.85	16.67
13	12	505632	LINDELL-VIKARBY Jessica	1984	SWE	1:16.93	17.79
14	11	296427	SCHNARF Johanna	1984	ITA	1:17.05	19.47
15	5	206367	HRONEK Veronique	1991	GER	1:17.18	21.30
16	3	55913	MOSER Stefanie	1988	AUT	1:17.25	22.28
17	6	55766	MADER Regina	1985	AUT	1:17.35	23.68
18	24	538305	SMITH Leanne	1987	USA	1:17.49	25.64
19	1	55806	ALTACHER Margret	1986	AUT	1:17.59	27.04
20	29	195983	ROLLAND Marion	1982	FRA	1:17.73	29.00
21	13	505483	PAERSON Anja	1981	SWE	1:17.84	30.54
22	30	296431	STUFFER Verena	1984	ITA	1:17.85	30.68
23	19	55576	GOERGL Elisabeth	1981	AUT	1:17.89	31.24
24	25	538573	ROSS Laurenne	1988	USA	1:18.07	33.76
25	28	495318	RUIZ CASTILLO Carolina	1981	SPA	1:18.21	35.73
26	4	196460	MARCHAND-ARVIER Marie	1985	FRA	1:18.29	36.85
27	26	425880	SEJERSTED Lotte Smiseth	1991	NOR	1:18.35	37.69
28	41	55818	KOEHLE Stefanie	1986	AUT	1:18.46	39.23
29	40	537582	COOK Stacey	1984	USA	1:18.48	39.51
30	38	196812	PELLISSIER Marion	1988	FRA	1:18.85	44.69
31	36	297134	BORSOTTI Camilla	1988	ITA	1:19.28	50.72
32	44	197006	GAUTHIER Marine	1990	FRA	1:19.31	51.14
33	37	515806	KAMER Nadja	1986	SUI	1:19.34	51.56
34	33	565360	STUHEC Ilka	1990	SLO	1:19.54	54.36
35	31	295533	RECCHIA Lucia	1980	ITA	1:19.64	55.76
36	43	55970	SCHMIDHOFER Nicole	1989	AUT	1:19.74	57.16
37	35	196968	BAILET Margot	1990	FRA	1:19.75	57.30
38	50	245066	MIKLOS Edit	1988	HUN	1:19.90	59.40
39	45	565320	FERK Marusa	1988	SLO	1:20.24	64.17
40	46	538685	MCKENNIS Alice	1989	USA	1:21.18	77.34
41	39	55978	VOGLREITER Mariella	1989	AUT	1:21.36	79.86
42	48	196573	REVILLET Aurelie	1986	FRA	1:22.18	91.35
43	51	95050	KIRKOVA Maria	1986	BUL	1:23.13	104.66
Did not start 1st run
	42	505886	KLING Kajsa	1988	SWE
Did not finish 1st run
	49	516145	KUENG Mirena	1988	SUI
	47	375018	COLETTI Alexandra	1983	MON
	34	106825	PREFONTAINE Marie-Pier	1988	CAN
	32	106849	YURKIW Larisa	1988	CAN
	27	297702	MARSAGLIA Francesca	1990	ITA
	23	296472	FANCHINI Elena	1985	ITA
	10	55750	FISCHBACHER Andrea	1985	AUT

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