ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND - The coach of Switzerland's women's ski team thinks that Lindsey Vonn is skiing so well, the only way to beat her is if the American makes a mistake.
"Lindsey can only be beaten by herself," Ansermoz said Wednesday. "She needs to make a mistake or she needs to doubt something."
Vonn, a Burnsville native who has eight wins and leads the overall World Cup standings, puts her record on the line Saturday at the last downhill before the Feb. 12-28 Games.
Ansermoz said his skiers can only try to create a little doubt in the dominating American's mind.
"Right now, you're just happy when you're on the podium next to Lindsey," he said.
Switzerland will challenge Vonn at St. Moritz with Dominique Gisin, a two-time World Cup winner last January, veteran Nadia Styger and Fabienne Suter, who won last March in Bansko, Bulgaria.
Styger won at Whistler Mountain in February 2008, the only women's World Cup downhill raced on the Olympic slope in the past 15 years. She beat Vonn by one-hundredth of a second.
"For that, I know I can beat her in Whistler, but at the moment it's really hard for us to beat Lindsey in the speed disciplines," Styger said. "If she makes a mistake ... then maybe we can beat her."
