Lindsey Vonn equals World Cup titles record

BySportsbeat

Updated 19/03/2015 at 16:13 GMT

American Lindsey Vonn continued to rewrite the record books as she secured the World Cup super-G title with victory in Meribel, France.

Lindsey Vonn (Reuters)

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Vonn needed to beat Austrian Anna Fenninger to take the crown, and she did so by 0.49 seconds as she recorded her eighth win of the season by coming home in 1:07.70 minutes.

The result means Vonn joins Swede Ingemar Stenmark as the only skiers to reach 19 season titles across all disciplines and the overall.

She also took the super-G season title for a fifth time, tying a record shared by German Katja Seizinger, Austrian Hermann Maier and Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal.

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Vonn also made a World Cup podium for the 113th time, tying Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell's women's record. Stenmark made 155 podiums.

Meanwhile, completing the podium in Meribel was Tina Maze as she came home in 1:08.50, meaning Fenninger pulled away in the race for the overall World Cup crown.

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