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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. babyliss perfect curl . -- A woman can sweep the World Cup ski races at Lake Louise, Alta., yet again, but its not Lindsey Vonn on the cusp of a hat trick this time. Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany won her second downhill in as many days with Saturdays victory at the Alberta resort. The 29-year-old from Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a contender to win Sundays super-G, although downhill is more her strength. "Im not as strong in super-G as I am in downhill, but the two races gave me lots of confidence," Hoefl-Riesch said. Vonn won all three races at Lake Louise in 2011 and 2012 and owns a record 14 victories at the venue. The U.S. ski star finished 11th Saturday, but felt she took a step forward from Fridays downhill when she finished 40th. Prior to her arrival, Vonn hadnt raced since crashing and suffering a severe right knee injury at the world championship in February. "I was more aggressive and just more confident and comfortable," the Olympic womens downhill champion said. "My whole body language was different. I still made mistakes and it wasnt my best skiing, but its a long ways from where I was yesterday." Hoefl-Rieschs time of one minute 55.09 seconds was over a second faster than in her first win. Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein was second in 1:55.43 and Austrias Anna Fenninger third in 1:55.56. Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., was 26th after a career-best seventh in the first downhill Friday. "I think because I had such a rocking day yesterday, I was almost a little bit depleted," Yurkiw said. "I wanted it pretty bad and I had intensity in places I didnt necessarily need it. "Anyone would want to repeat a performance like yesterday in front of a home crowd. Im still really pleased with the way the momentum is going." Conditions were clear and sunny, but bitterly cold for a second straight day with a temperature of minus-28. FIS, the world governing body of skiing, doesnt set a minimum temperature for races. The decision rests with the race jury made up of the a FIS delegate, race referee and assistant referee and chief of race. The women wore masks or covered exposed parts of their faces with brightly coloured tape to protect themselves from frostbite as they rocketed down the mountain. Five of Hoefl-Rieschs 26 career wins have come at Lake Louise. She took both downhills in 2010 with Vonn finishing second. But Vonn beat Hoefl-Riesch in the super-G that year to kick off a run of seven straight wins. The women dont get training runs for super-G, which is shorter than downhill but has more turns. They get a single course inspection the morning of the race. "I will try to inspect very well and I hope my coaches will tell me a really good line," Hoefl-Riesch said. "Super-G is always a big challenge to be fast because sometimes you cant really know how fast you get to the rolls and turns. "Thats the art of super-G, to make a very good first run and I will try this tomorrow." The six-foot-two German felt short on speed training heading into the World Cup season. She concentrated more on slalom and giant slalom in preparation for World Cups in Soelden, Austria and Levi, Finland. Hoefl-Riesch is the reigning Olympic champion in slalom. She finished seventh in downhill and eighth in super-G in Beaver Creek, Colo., last week. "With less downhill and super-G training, I was having some troubles there," Hoefl-Riesch said. "Thats why I love Lake Louise. I think its a perfect downhill to begin the season especially when you dont have the chance for so much training. "Im really happy I had a strong comeback here with two wins." Weirather was disqualified from fifth place Friday for wearing a plastic arm protector on the outside of her suit, instead of on the inside. "I had a really bad day yesterday," Weirather said. "I was skiing well and then I got disqualified so I had some anger in myself. I tried to take it into the start house and put it into my skiing today and it worked really well." Vonn tore two ligaments in her knee and broke a bone in her lower leg at the world championships. Her comeback was on track until she partially tore a reconstructed ligament while training in Colorado last month. The 29-year-old needs surgery again, but wants to postpone it until after the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Lake Louise is a first test of how a knee that is not completely healthy will stand up to racing this winter. Vonn wasnt sure how many World Cups shell compete in this season. "My focus is Sochi and however I can come into the those Olympics the most prepared is what Im going to do," Vonn said. "Im trying to save my knee as best I can." babyliss pro perfect curl uk . "Yeah, I knew it was going to eventually happen. Im glad that it did," point guard Raymond Felton said. babyliss pro perfect curl .J. -- The New Jersey Nets have decided to shut down Brook Lopez for the rest of the season after an injury-marred campaign in which he played in five games.TORONTO -- Leo Komarovs time in Toronto seems to be coming to an end. The 25-year-old winger has decided that after playing 11 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs American Hockey League affiliate, Toronto Marlies, its time to head back overseas and play in the KHL. "Its one day at a time and I dont know how long this will take to be worked out, but I thought it was important for our organization to be upfront about it," said Marlies head coach Dallas Eakins. "There are some things in motion, a lot of hurdles to get over as of yet so Leos status with our team stays the same until Im let known otherwise." Komarov was originally drafted by the Leafs in 2006 and played three seasons of pro in Finland and three more in Russia before coming to North America this summer to pursue his goal of playing in the NHL. However, when the NHL locked out its players on September 15th his only remaining option in North American was with the Marlies. "If there was no lockout this would not be going on at all," said Eakins. "This was a provision that was built into his contract. This kids a good prospect, worked hard to get a shot at the NHL and thats his end game. This is about playing in the NHL, thats what he wants to do." At this point in time,, the Finnish product wants to head back and will likely play for Dynamo Moscow, the club he won a KHL championship with last season, but he doesnt want to end his dream of playing in the NHL, which is why he was practising on Thursday morning with the Marlies. babyliss pro uk. Before anything is finalized, Komarov wants to be assured that when the NHL returns, he can too. "This is not a done deal," Eakins said. "There are a lot of hurdles to go through. I think we have to make sure he can come back before this happens. One of the big things is, I think, Leo wants to make sure if he leaves he can come back if the lockout ends." Despite being an impactful player for Eakins club, the coach understands the situation and hopes that Komarovs return to the KHL can benefit everyone. "Would I like him to stay, absolutely, but these are decisions that are hard for a player and his family and I respect those decisions," said Eakins. "(But) we have a massive group of forwards so for him to go back he can continue his development and it opens up a hole in our line up for someone else to play." Komarov is tied with Jake Gardiner in scoring. The two lead the Marlies with five goals apiece. Komarov scored four in his last three outings. ' ' '