Winter Olympics: Lindsey Vonn toppled in bid for history

Going down: Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the slalom section in the super-combined
13 April 2012

Lindsey Vonn's hopes of a clean sweep of the women's alpine medals ended when she crashed out of the slalom section in the super-combined.

Holding a 0.33-second lead over Maria Riesch after the downhill, Vonn straddled a gate and fell, handing gold to the German. The American said: "I went down fighting."

Brits bounce back

Britain recovered from a 4-3 defeat against Switzerland to beat Denmark 9-6 and keep their bid to reach the semi‑final of the men's curling alive.

Skip David Murdoch said: "We had a good start against the Danes and we're delighted with that win."

BRITS IN ACTION TODAY

Women's skeleton: Shelley Rudman and Amy Williams
Men's skeleton: Kristan Bromley and Adam Pengilly
Women's curling: v Germany & Japan
Men's Super-G: Ed Drake
Figure skating: Sinead and John Kerr; Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland
(Live on BBC2, 7pm)

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in