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Vonn hopes to win first ever World Cup race at home |
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011 09:57 |
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Lindsey Vonn answers questions during a news conference Monday in Vail. Vonn will be competing in the Birds of Prey World Cup super-G race Wednesday at Beaver Creek. Kristin Anderson , Vail Daily
By Chris Freud, Vail Daily
VAIL —There's only one drawback to Lindsey Vonn's homecoming this week.
When the women's World Cup hits Beaver Creek for the first time Wednesday for a super-G, the course will be routed around Golden Eagle Jump.
“I was looking forward to that,” Vonn said at a Monday news conference at the Arabelle.
With not enough snow in Val d'Isere, France, Beaver Creek's Birds of Prey stop has been extended for three more races starting with a men's giant slalom today (Tuesday) at 9:30 a.m. But as excited as local race fans are for getting a double dose of Ted Ligety, the buzz is on for Vonn.
Now 27, Vonn's family moved to Vail when she was 11 to further her racing career, which appears to have gone pretty well to date. She has won everything that there is for a ski racer to win — Olympic gold, two Worlds golds, three overall World Cup crowns, nine discipline titles, wins in every discipline and 45 career victories, which puts her fourth on the all-time list for the women.
But she's never been able to race World Cup at home in Eagle County.
“I've always been really jealous of the men,” Vonn said. “They always get to race Birds of Prey every year. I always have wanted to race here, so this is my ... chance. I've never won a race in the United States before. I'm hoping to change that on Wednesday.”
Read more about what Lindsey Vonn's looking forward to this week - and the pressure she feels racing in front of the home crowd.
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