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Vancouver Now Svindal skis to 1st victory of season Home Medals Results Canadian Results Schedule DaytoDay Schedule Athletes Featured Athletes Team Canada Full Athlete List News Venues Forums Blogs Videos Photos The GamesPast & Present Interactive Features SportsCurling Hockey Skating Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Skiing Alpine Skiing Biathlon CrossCountry Skiing Freestyle Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Sliding Bobsleigh Luge Skeleton Snowboarding Hot TopicsCanada vs US Sidney Crosby Hockey gold Closing ceremony Canadian Olympians Joannie Rochette Follow CBCListen to CBCRadio VancouverMultiLanguage BulletinsMandarinRussianArabicSpanishStory Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Svindal skis to 1st victory of seasonDefending overall World Cup champion captures superG in Val GardenaLast Updated Friday December 18 2009 1118 AM ET The Associated Press Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway is airborne on his way to winning Fridays World Cup superG in Val Gardena Italy (Alessandro TrovatiAssociated Press)Defending overall World Cup champion Aksel Lund Svindal won a superG on Friday for his first victory of the seasonThe Norwegian covered the Saslong course in Val Gardena Italy in one minute 3835 seconds Carlo Janka of Switzerland was second 012 seconds behind and Patrick Staudbacher of Italy was third 017 backSvindal showed hes regained his form after a lower leg injury He skipped a race in Levi Finland in November after bruising himself in preseason trainingSuperG world champion Dider Cuche of Switzerland skied off course early in his run He skied with a broken rib after a training fall in Val dIsre France last weekErik Guay of MontTremblant Que and Robbie Dixon of Whistler BC were seventh and eighth respectively Vancouvers Manuel OsborneParadis was 17th while LouisPierre Helie of Quebec City finished 50thFrancois Bourque hit a gate near after a jump near the end of the course The LAnge Gardien Que native pulled up before the finish and bent over in apparent painThe Canadian team has been particularly hard hit by injuries this season already losing downhill world champion John Kucera JeanPhilippe Roy Larisa Yurkiw and Kelly VanderBeekThe race was run in frigid conditions Snow conditions were optimal but several racers fell including Andrej Jerman of SloveniaThe classic downhill is scheduled for Saturday on the Saslong with the circuit then traversing the Gardena pass to nearby Alta Badia for giant slalom and slalom races Sunday and Monday The Canadian Press 2009 Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Medal CountTop 10 Medal WinnersCountryTotalUNITED STATES 9151337GERMANY 1013730CANADA 147526NORWAY 98623AUSTRIA 46616RUSSIA 35715SOUTH KOREA 66214CHINA 52411SWEDEN 52411FRAN...