Lindsey Vonn Wins Super-G, but Celebration Sparks Debate Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup super-G on Saturday in St. Moritz, Switzerland, to stay unbeaten in four speed races this season, and her American teammate Julia Mancuso finished third. Vonn was timed in 1 minute 2.71 seconds to beat the World Cup overall leader Tina Maze by 0.37 second. Mancuso was 1.01 seconds behind Vonn. "I'm struggling with my strength," Vonn said. I came down with everything I have. Maze's victory in the super-combined Friday put some pressure on Vonn, who was hospitalized last month because of intestinal problems. Vonn scored 100 points Saturday to trail Maze by 167. Vonn's 57th career World Cup win, the second-most in skiing history, was her 20th in super-G. She is the four-time defending champion in the event. Her celebration after she crossed the finish line provoked some debate. Vonn, 28, acknowledged that she cursed in a release of emotion after taking the lead, but that she had not directed it at Maze, as her coaches had said. "They think I said something very bad about her when I came to the finish, and that is absolutely not true," Vonn said. I swore, and I shouldn't have done that. Vonn said she had told Maze, "I hope you trust me enough to believe me." Vonn said. Apparently they don't. It definitely hurts. I would never say anything bad about another athlete at the finish. Riikka Rakic, a spokeswoman for the International Ski Federation, said that the race jury studied footage of Vonn's postrace reactions and found nothing wrong. Vonn, who swept the three-race downhill and super-G program last weekend at Lake Louise, Alberta, said she was disappointed with her skiing when she failed to finish on Friday in the super combined, which Maze won. Vonn and Maze have combined to win seven of the nine World Cup events. FRENCHMAN TAKES SLALOM Alexis Pinturault of France produced a brilliant second run under floodlights to improve from sixth and win a World Cup slalom race. He flew down the Stade Olympique de Bellevarde course to capture the second event of his career in front of home fans in Val d'Isère. The second run was pushed back to the evening because of heavy snowfall at the resort. Pinturault, 21, held off the defending World Cup champion, Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who led after the first run but dropped to third behind Germany's Felix Neureuther. A GERMAN LUGE SWEEP The Olympic bronze medalist Natalie Geisenberger led a German sweep in a luge World Cup event in Altenberg, Germany. Geisenberger, who leads the overall standings, earned her 12th career win, leaving behind her teammates Anke Wischnewski, by 0.123 second, and Corinna Martini (0.356). Tatjana Hüfner, Olympic and four-time world champion and World Cup titleholder, was fifth behind Alex Gough of Canada. The Americans Erin Hamlin and Emily Sweeney finished seventh and 10th. The men's doubles also went to Germans, with Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt winning their 13th World Cup event with course records in each of the their runs. Austria's Peter Penz and Georg Fischler were second, ahead of Germany's Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. The American team of Jake Hyrns and Andrew Sherk finished 12th, followed by their teammates Matt Mortensen and Preston Griffall. GRACEFUL RETURN The Olympic champion Kim Yu-na made a triumphant return after a 19-month sabbatical with a flawless figure skating short program routine at the NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany. Kim, 22, produced a performance of exceptional elegance and grace to soar to 72.27 points. She is competing at the second-tier event to ensure qualification for next year's world championships. Russia's Xenia Makarova was second with 59.55 points, and France's Maé-Bérénice Méité finished third at 54.56. Kim announced in July that she planned to retire after the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.