{"id":244771,"date":"2026-01-18T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244771\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:01:08","slug":"emma-aicher-holds-off-lindsey-vonn-for-super-g-victory-in-tarvisio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/244771\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Aicher holds off Lindsey Vonn for Super G victory in Tarvisio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/emma-aicher\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Aicher<\/a>\u00a0held off a stellar field, racing to a second Super G victory at the FIS\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/alpine-skiing\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alpine Ski<\/a>\u00a0World Cup\u00a0in Tarvisio, Italy, on Sunday (18 January).<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old threw down the gauntlet as the fifth racer down the slope, navigating the course with poise for a career fourth win and her second of the 2025-26 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aicher has shown incredible versatility this season, finishing third in two slalom races while also winning the downhill in St Moritz in December 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She showed off her speed credentials with a composed performance, which proved too good for US legend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/lindsey-vonn\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsey Vonn<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/ester-ledecka\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ester Ledeck\u00e1<\/a>\u00a0in second and third place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aicher first pushed compatriot Kira Weidle-Winkelmann\u00a0out of the leader\u2019s chair with what would be a winning time of one minute, 14.04 seconds (1:14.04). The young German held off the challenge from the top-flight racers for a confidence-boosting win ahead of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026<\/a>\u00a0next month.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old Vonn stood at the starting gate, looking to win the race for the first time in 15 years and add to her two previous victories here. The Team USA legend\u00a0has been a revelation in the downhill in her second season on the comeback trail, with two downhill victories to her name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She has also stepped onto the podium in two Super G races, but has not claimed the top step\u00a0on the World Cup circuit since December 2017<\/p>\n<p>The seemingly ageless speed racer emerged from the fog of the top sections ahead on the time splits but lost some ground in the middle sections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vonn would have to wait another day for a Super G victory as she tucked at the line in 1:14.31, which was\u00a00.27s behind Aicher.<\/p>\n<p>Ledeck\u00e1 launched a late charge as the last of the top racers crossing the finish in 1:14.98 to knock\u00a0Romane Miradoli\u00a0off the podium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victory moved Aicher into third place on the overall World Cup standings, trailing US leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/mikaela-shiffrin\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikaela Shiffrin<\/a> by 325 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pretty happy with how I skied today. The win is a bonus, but it was a good run from top to bottom, and I am happy that I could do it,\u201d Aicher told FIS TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s\u00a0Emma Aicher\u00a0held off a stellar field, racing to a second Super G victory at the FIS\u00a0Alpine Ski\u00a0World Cup\u00a0in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-244771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}