Paerson edges Kildow at women’s worlds
ARE, Sweden — Lindsey Kildow understands her time will come. For now, however, she knows the slopes belong to Anja Paerson.
Kildow again settled for the silver medal behind Paerson in a downhill that saw the Swede become the first skier to win world championship titles in all five disciplines. Austria’s Nicole Hosp took the bronze.
Kildow also finished behind Paerson in Tuesday’s super-G. Paerson is in such command that Kildow suspects the Swede would beat her the next time they race.
The men’s race produced another Scandinavian winner, with Aksel Lund Svindal becoming the first Norwegian to win a world downhill.
Jan Hudec won the silver, the best downhill result for a Canadian at the worlds. Sweden’s Patrik Jaerbyn earned the bronze to become at 37 the oldest skier to medal at the worlds. Bode Miller finished seventh and U.S. teammate Steven Nyman was 21st.
The U.S. women now have three medals in three races, with Julia Mancuso also taking the silver behind Paerson in the combined. The American men have been shut out so far.
“I would like to be world champ,” Kildow said. “Anja has more medals than you can count and I’m only starting to get some. But I’m still only 22, and I’ve got plenty of time left in my career.”
Kildow made a costly mistake coming off a jump on the upper part of the course. She persevered, though, and still clocked 1:27.29. Hosp finished in 1:27.37.
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