Kildow fastest down mountain

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta -- Lindsey Kildow of the United States won her first World Cup race yesterday, capturing the season's first downhill in 1 minute 23.44 seconds. The 20-year-old Kildow battled wind and swirling snow on a shortened men's Olympic downhill course.

"It's so awesome," said Kildow, whose previous best finishes were a third and a fifth last year in downhills at Cortina, Italy. "I just tried to stay as relaxed as possible. The main thing for me is not to be nervous because I have the skiing ability."

Carole Montillet-Carles of France was second in 1:23.63, followed by Hilde Gerg of Germany in 1:23.69. American Libby Ludlow was taken from the hill by helicopter after a fall. She was brought to a hospital, but no information about her injury was immediately available.