US skier Lindsey Vonn claims a record

American superstar Lindsey Vonn claimed a record 63rd World Cup success with victory in the women's super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Monday.
The 30-year-old ski great had set herself up for the history-making feat when drawing level with Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell's previous record tally of 62 wins between 1970 and 1980 at the Italian resort 24 hours earlier.
The Olympic downhill champion in 2010 and world champion in the discipline in 2009 could have reached the landmark earlier but for an 18-month injury absence.
Vonn, the girlfriend of Tiger Woods, was sidelined for a year-and-a-half following a high speed crash in early 2013.
The four-time overall World Cup champion rewrote the record books when beating Austrian Anna Fenninger (.85s) and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein (.92) on the slope where she had first climbed a World Cup podium 11 years previously.
Slovenia's Tina Maze, who leads the overall standings, came in fourth, almost one second behind.
Vonn has enjoyed considerable success on Cortina's Olympia delle Tofane slope, her back-to-back wins over the past 24 hours taking her tally here to seven wins.
"It's a piste that I like a lot. I got my first podium here (3rd in the downhill, January 18, 2004) in the World Cup and I have a really good understanding of the hill," said Vonn.
Source: AFP