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| Maria Riesch |
Germany's Maria Riesch won the World Cup Alpine skiing. For the weather was in fact annulled the giant scheduled today in Lenzerheide, the last race of the season. The German was leading the overall standings with just three points ahead of American Lindsey Vonn, and has thus won his first World Cup. Germany's Riesch, 26, back to Germany the big crystal ball 13 years after the conquest by Katya Seizinger. With the cancellation of the giant, specialties of the Cup was awarded to another German Olympic medalist Viktoria Rebensburg, who was at the top.
The Riesch, with 1728 points, won the trophy only 3 lengths ahead of the American Lindsey Vonn (1725) in the overall standings. The 26, of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany is the third athlete to win the World Cup after Rosi Mittermaier (1976) and Katja Seizinger (1996 and 1998)
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