Sunday, February 28, 2016

Sports round-up

Alpine Skiing: Lindsey Vonn (picture, right), skiing with a knee brace to protect a hairline fracture, extended her World Cup lead yesterday with 13th place in the Soldeu combined event in Andorra. "No-one can ever call me a wimp," the American declared on Twitter after setting the fastest time in the super-G leg of the event. On Saturday, Vonn, who is seeking her fifth overall World Cup title, was carried off the slope on a sled after crashing out of the Soldeu super-G race. An X-ray examination showed a hairline fracture in her left knee. Motorcycling: Reigning champion Jonathan Rea made a successful start to the new World Superbike Championship season in Australia, yesterday. The 29-year-old Kawasaki rider followed up his victory in race one at Phillip Island with another in the second, becoming the first racer to do the double at the venue since Carlos Checa in 2011. Holland's Michael van der Mark was second on a Honda, less than a second behind, with Italy's Davide Giugliano third on a Ducati bike. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) was sixth and fellow Briton Chaz Davies (Ducati) also claimed a top-10 placing at Phillip Island. Golf: Overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen eased to a one-shot...

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