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Maria Höfl-Riesch

Maria Höfl-Riesch (; née Riesch, born on November 24, 1984) is a champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Germany.

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Germany's Maria Riesch wins slalom for 2nd Olympic gold medal; Vonn skis out in 1st run

WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Maria Riesch of Germany won the slalom title for her second gold medal of the Winter Olympics on Friday, as Lindsey Vonn skied out chasing her second victory.

Riesch led after the first leg and had a combined two-run time of 1 minute, 42.89 seconds through the snow and fog on Friday.Marlies Schild of Austria was 0.43 second back to take silver, adding to her bronze in the same event at the 2006 Turin Games.Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic trailed by 1.01 to get bronze.Riesch stood at the start with 0.65 in hand on Schild, who was third-fastest in the first run, but knowing her Austrian rival had set a tough target."I heard the Austrian coaches celebrating behind me, so I knew I really needed to attack. Otherwise you get silver," Riesch said. "It worked perfectly."Germany's Alpine women have enjoyed a stellar Olympics, winning three of the five women's races.Riesch also took the super-combined and returned to the top step of the podium 24 hours afte...

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