Vonn adds to big haul

ARE, Sweden - Lindsey Vonn seems to make history every time she wins - and she's doing that often.

Vonn won the super-G season finale at the World Cup finals yesterday, becoming the first American woman to capture the championship title in the discipline.

"The confidence just keeps building and building in race after race," she said. "I trust myself, I trust my ability, and that's what allows me to ski fast."

Vonn earned her third crystal globe this season, tying the US record set by Phil Mahre in 1982.

The 24-year-old Vonn finished the Olympia course in 1 minute 20.63 seconds. A day earlier, she clinched the World Cup overall title for the second straight year by winning downhill.

"I was hoping so much that I could win today and get the super-G globe; no American female has ever done that," Vonn said.

It was Vonn's ninth World Cup win this winter, setting another US record for most wins in a season - male or female.