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Vonn breaks all-time record with 63rd World Cup win

Xinhua, January 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

American Lindsey Vonn won a women's super-G to claimed a record 63rd World Cup victories at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Monday.

The American speed queen won the match in 1 minute 27.03 seconds which0.85 ahead of Austria's Anna Fenninge. Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein was third with 0.92 back.

The previous record was established by Austrian legend Annemarie Moser-Proell between 1970 and 1980.

It was Vonn's ninth career win in Cortina,where she had first climbed a World Cup podium 11 years ago(3rd in the downhill, January 18, 2004).It was also Vonn's first victory in super-G this season and her fourth overall this campaign.

"It's a piste that I like a lot. I got my first podium here in the World Cup and I have a really good understanding of the hill," said the 30-year-old.

Vonn, the girlfriend of Tiger Woods, is planning to participate the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. Endi