American Downhill star Lindsey Vonn is the favourite to win the Women’s Super G Final tomorrow. Vonn has already won the gold in women’s downhill skiing and was leading eventual winner Maria Riesch after the downhill section of the Ladies’ Super Combined Final but then tragically fell in the Slalom section of the event. Vonn will have to be able to master her nerves when she faces the Super G, an event that is heavily based on the Slalom. Vonn has odds of 5/6 with Paddy Power to win.
Team-mate and double silver medallist Julia Mancuso has odds of 3/1 with William Hill to get a podium finish and make it three from three. Germany’s best chance of gaining on the America at the top of the medals table is Maria Riesch who has odds of 6/1 to win with bet365.
There is much hype back home about 25 year old Lindsey Vonn; the American media has already dubbed the Olympics the ‘Winter Olympics at Vonncouver’. She has been skiing from an early age; learning at the age of 3 and beginning to race at the age of 7. At 14 years old she became the first American female ever to ever win Italy’s Trofeo Topolino contest and she describes this as her proudest ever sporting achievement.
“When I won the Trofeo Topolino race at the age of 14. Back then everyone put so much hype on that race – it was like the mini-Olympics. To watch that with my grandpa and dad there was incredible.”
She is being described as the best Overall Alpine Skier for her gender in the world and has been on top of the World Cup rankings in every section of Alpine Skiing for the past two years. One thing is for certain; any event that involves Lindsey Vonn is definitely worth watching.