SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 2016 SPORTS De Filippis - first woman F1 driver, dies aged 89 PARIS: Italy’s Maria Teresa de Filippis, aged 32, crossing the line two laps owner Jean Behra. “The director said ‘the only helmet a her compatriot Lella Lombardi who the first woman to compete in Formula behind the winner, Briton Tony Brooks “Too many friends had died,” she later woman should wear is the one at the competed in a dozen races in the 1970s. 1, has died at the age of 89, the Grand in a Vanwall. told The Observer newspaper in 2006. hairdresser’s’ - that was the only time I Aside from de Filippis, who died Prix Drivers Club announced yesterday. She then failed to finish races in The Italian reportedly became a F1 driv- was prevented from racing.” overnight in Bergamo, and Lombardi The Italian trailblazer competed in Portugal and Italy. Born on November er after a bet with her brothers over On her retirement she maintained the sport has had several female test three grand prix behind the wheel of a 11, 1926, de Filippis tried but failed to how fast she could drive. her interest in motorsport, joining the drivers, including Susie Wolff for privately-entered Maserati. qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix in In the interview with The Observer Grand Prix Drivers Club, eventually Williams and the late Maria de Villota, She finished 10th on her debut at 1958 and 1959. She retired at the end of she related only one instance of preju- becoming the retired drivers associa- who tested for Marussia until a crash in Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium in 1958 that season after the death of her team dice, recalling how at a race in France tion’s president. She paved the way for 2012. —AFP Vatrano’s goal leads Bruins past banged-up Devils, 4-1 NEWARK: Rookie Frank Vatrano scored early, Jonas Gustavsson made 19 saves LIGHTNING 3, OILERS 2 and the struggling Boston Bruins beat Victor Hedman had a goal and two the banged up New Jersey Devils 4-1 on assists and Steven Stamkos capped Friday night for the 3,000th win in fran- Tampa Bay’s three-goal, third-period rally chise history. Ryan Spooner, Jimmy to beat Edmonton. Nikita Kucherov also Hayes and Colin Miller also scored as the scored for the Lightning, who benefited Bruins snapped a two-game losing streak from some luck as each of their three and won for only the second time in sev- goals deflected in off an Edmonton en games. Bobby Farnham scored for the skater. Justin Schultz and Benoit Pouliot Devils, who have dropped three straight scored for the Oilers, who led 2-0 after games in regulation for the first time two periods. since the start of the season. Cory Schneider finished with 27 saves. The AVALANCHE 5, PREDATORS 3 game was the start of a five-game road Tyson Barrie put Colorado ahead mid- trip for the Bruins, and that might be the way through the third period and the best place for them now. They are now Avalanche beat Nashville. Ryan Johansen 12-3-2 on the road and 9-11-2 at home. had a goal and an assist in his first game Boston has won its last five against New with the Predators since they traded for Jersey and 17 of 20. him Wednesday. Barrie beat goalie Pekka Rinne with a shot from the top of the slot DUCKS 4, BLUES 3, SO with 9 minutes left. It was his third goal Ryan Kesler tied it on a power play in three games. Jarome Iginla, Cody with his second goal of the game early in McLeod, Gabriel Landeskog and Jack the third period, Ryan Getzlaf got the Skille also scored and Semyon Varlamov deciding goal in the fourth round of the made 19 saves to help Colorado tie shootout and Anaheim beat St. Louis. Nashville in the Western Conference Corey Perry also scored for the Ducks standings with 45 points. The Predators and John Gibson made 25 saves. Ryan have played one fewer game. Ryan Ellis Reaves, Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri and Filip Forsberg also scored for scored for the Blues, who have lost five in Nashville and Rinne made 22 saves. a row (0-2-3) for the first time since drop- ping their final six of the 2013-14 season. HURRICANES 4, BLUE JACKETS 1 They were coming off back-to-back over- Elias Lindholm scored twice, Cam time losses to Ottawa and Colorado in Ward made 35 saves and Carolina beat which they squandered two-goal leads Columbus. Lindholm put Carolina ahead in both games - and did it again against 2-1 on a slap shot with 5:25 left in the the Ducks. The Blues have lost 10 straight second period, then added an empty- ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE: Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, right, is flanked on the podium by second placed Larisa Yurkiw, of Canada, games in Anaheim since Oct. 17, 2009. net goal with 1:01 remaining. Jordan after winning an alpine ski, women’s World Cup downhill, in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, yesterday. — AP Staal and Chris Terry also scored for the BLACKHAWKS 3, SABRES 1 Hurricanes, and Kris Versteeg had two Phillip Danault scored his first NHL assists, giving him 299 NHL points. goal, Corey Crawford made 28 saves and Brandon Dubinsky scored for Columbus, Vonn equals record with Chicago beat Buffalo for its sixth consec- and Anton Forsberg made 25 saves. utive victory. Niklas Hjalmarsson and Defenseman Seth Jones made his first Jonathan Toews also scored for Chicago, appearance with Columbus since a trade 36th WCup downhill win and Crawford remained perfect in seven from Nashville on Wednesday and career starts against Buffalo. The played in his 100th NHL game. Blackhawks have won nine in a row Columbus’ Nick Foligno left early in the ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE: Watched by was sick in the end,” she said. “I went home and I for me.” It was the first women’s downhill in 14 against the Sabres. Ryan O’Reilly had third after a hard hit from the Hurricanes’ Austrian great Annemarie Moser Proell, whose felt much better. So far I like the new year.” years to be contested over two runs. Organizers Buffalo’s only goal in the Sabres’ sixth Brad Malone. This was the opener of a many World Cup records she has been breaking Vonn, who held a comfortable lead after the had to lower the start because of insufficient consecutive loss. Chad Johnson had 42 back-to-back, and the teams will play in one by one, Lindsey Vonn cemented her status first run, finished in an aggregate time of 2 min- snow conditions in the upper part, shortening stops in a terrific performance. Columbus. — AP as the world’s best downhill skier yesterday. utes, 11.17 seconds, one second ahead of Larisa the course from its usual 3 kilometers to 1,875 With her 36th victory in the discipline, the Yurkiw of Canada, who earned her third career meters. American matched the record set by Moser- podium. “It was hard to stay relaxed,” Vonn said about Proell in January 1980. The 62-year-old Austrian Cornelia Huetter of Austria was 1.66 behind her final run. “It was tough with lots of bumps. I was among the first to congratulate Vonn, who in third. Despite building big leads over her knew many girls had problems so I chose to ski leaned backward and spread both arms in cele- competitors, Vonn said she “wasn’t trying to do a rounder line.” After the first leg, Vonn led bration right after finishing a full second ahead anything special. I just tried to ski a solid run.” Yurkiw by 0.91, and Tina Weirather by 0.92. The of the competition in an unusual two-run for- Overall leader Lara Gut of Switzerland failed skier from Liechtenstein lost balance in her final mat downhill. to finish the opening run and didn’t score run as her left ski was airborne. She remained “She is so kind,” said Vonn, who broke Moser- points. Gut remains in the lead, 58 points clear upright but missed a gate. Proell’s overall record of 62 victories a year ago of Vonn, going into Sunday’s super-G. Gut lost Yurkiw returned to the resort where she in Italy. “I am so glad she’s here today as she balance halfway down her run and just avoided made her World Cup debut nine years ago, fin- couldn’t be in Cortina last year. It means a lot to falling but missed the next gate. “It took me too ishing 58th in a downhill. “Today after the first me. She is a true legend of our sport.” long to react. But physically I am OK,” Gut said. run I thought this is my chance to show what Vonn, who now has 72 World Cup wins “It’s become rougher, there are some bumps in I’ve learned’,” said the Canadian, who is traveling across all Alpine disciplines, already held the it. It’s dark so you don’t see the bumps.” the World Cup circuit with her own team. record for most super-G victories with 25. That With her third downhill win of the season, Yurkiw called racing against Vonn “a constant discipline was introduced in the 1980s after Vonn extended her lead in the discipline stand- challenge. She is a good competitor though she Moser-Proell had retired. ings. She has 300 points, followed by Heutter on is not unbeatable.