Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Lindsey Vonn - Bib tops $1,000 with 3 days left


Lindsey Vonn's start number has broken the $1,000 barrier with three days left in the racer's bib auction to benefit the people of Haiti.

Stuck at $811 since the bidding opened, her bib, from her winning run at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy's downhill, jumped to $1,075 over the last 24 hours. That is the most pricey bib among the women, but not even close to the action on the men's bibs.  The bib of Didier Cuche, the winner of the Kitzbuehel downhill, has climbed steadily and started off at 7,872 Euros or about $11,000. The latest tab for the Cuche bib is 11,162Euros, over $15,795.

Aksel Svindal's bib bumped up 500Euros over night to get to about $2,278. Bode Miller's bib has topped two grand at $2,094. Michael Walchhofer is over $1,770 and Benny Raich is over $1,600. Big gainers among the women were Maria Riesch nearly doubling to $212.50,  Britt Janyk adding $50 to $152.50, Fedrica Brignone topped $100 and Stacey Cook up to $93.22

Among the U.S. group Scott Macartney's price jumped more than 100 to about $496, Ted Ligety is up 40 Euros to close on $922, Andrew Weibrecht held steady, Steven Nyman was up about $20, Erik Fisher gained a couple bucks and Marco Sullivan gained more than 50 to come in at about $370. Julia Mancuso stayed level at $405, Leanne Smith continued to climb at $306, Keely Kelleher is at $91, Alice McKennis at $71.

Manuel Osborne-Paradis leads the Canadians, up about 50E to take him over $500, Erik Guay steady at $355 and Ryan Semple the bargain at $288. Emily Brydon is at $202.50, Shona Rubens at $51, Marie-Michele Gagnon at $40 and Georgia Simmerling at a bargain $15.5.

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