super-G

Vonn is using Alpine combined race to test the course in the downhill portion then sit out the slalom leg to prepare for downhill race, after which she will retire.

Lindsey Vonn crashed in the super-G at the world championships Tuesday, straddling a gate mid-air and ending up in the safety nets.

Lindsey Vonn will skip the weekend's World Cup races to give her ailing knees a chance to recover and decided against competing in the downhill race and Sunday's super-G.

CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — The U.S. ski team, including overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn, pulled out of today's Alpine combined race because of dangerous conditions on the course. After watching three racers fall at nearly the same point in the super-G par…