The hits, and the honors, just keep on rolling for two-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn of Vail as the golden girl of the U.S. Ski Team received the prestigious "Skieur d'Or" award Thursday evening in Soelden, Austria. Created in 1963, the award is given annually by the International Association of Ski Journalists.
Vonn became the first American skier to win the Golden Ski award since Phil Mahre captured the honor over 25 years ago. She also became only the tenth woman to win the award, which is also known as the Serge Lang Trophy, named for the long-time AIJS president and founder of the World Cup tour.
On hand for the award presentation were two key members of the Beaver Creek/Vail 2015 World Championships bid committee, Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation, and Erik Borgen, VVF board member and owner of Kvitfjell Ski Resort in Norway.
Folz and Borgen are in Soelden to lobby for the Vail Valley's World Championships bid at the opening World Cup races of the 2009-2010 season. They will be joined in this effort by John Garnsey, co-president of Vail Resorts Mountain Division; Bill Marolt, president and CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association and former FIS council member Hank Tauber.
Vail and Beaver Creek are vying for the honor to host their third Championships with St. Moritz, Switzerland and Cortina, Italy. The World Championships vote will take place on June 3, 2010 at the FIS Congress in Antalya, Turkey.
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