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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lindsey Vonn was denied a three-win weekend sweep by just 0.03 seconds as Maria Hoefl-Riesch won a super-combined event Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Hoefl-Riesch won for the first time in 11 months to kick-start her defense of the World Cup overall title she took from Vonn last season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Vonn was last to race in the slalom leg after being fastest in the morning super-G run, and threw back her head in frustration on seeing how close she was to winning for a third straight day. She smiled as her German friend approached in the finish area and hugged her in congratulation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"It would have been nice to have a hat trick,\" Vonn acknowledged. \"I'm really happy for Maria - but I'd rather she beat me by a second.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Still, Vonn earned 80 points and extended her lead to 387 over Tina Maze of Slovenia, who placed fifth Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Hoefl-Riesch, who is third overall, trailed Vonn by 0.23 after the super-G but just edged the American on a flat slalom course slowed by warm sunshine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   The German racer had a combined two-run time of 2 minutes, 8.41 seconds. Nicole Hosp of Austria was third, 0.51 back, after finishing 28th fastest in super-G.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"I'm really happy to be winning again. It's obviously the best,\" said Hoefl-Riesch, who had been runner-up three times this season, including behind Vonn in Saturday's downhill.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"In the speed events it's so hard to beat Lindsey so I was hoping to take the chance at the right time. Today, it was the right time,\" she said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Hoefl-Riesch's 21st career World Cup win was her first since a super-G at Are, Sweden, last February. As defending World Cup champion, she has struggled for consistent results after missing some offseason training.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Her first maximum 100-point tally came after Vonn has posted eight victories this season, and Hoefl-Riesch trails her great rival by a daunting margin of 554.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Vonn said she \"never doubted\" that her biggest rival during her three-year reign as overall champion would return to form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"It always takes a while when you have setbacks,\" Vonn said. \"It wasn't really a surprise for me that she has won.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Vonn was aiming to reach 50 career World Cup victories after also winning another super-combined event here on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   She leads the super-combined standings after two of the scheduled three races, and can clinch the crystal globe trophy for a third straight year on Feb. 19 at Sochi, Russia. Sunday's race was a makeup for one canceled last month at Val d'Isere, France.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Vonn will be strongly favored to reach her landmark 50th win next weekend when her specialist speed events, downhill and super-G, are scheduled at Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Hoefl-Riesch's home town.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"Maria is going to give me a run for my money,\" Vonn predicted.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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