"The 43rd World Cup season began in late October 2008 in S\u00F6lden, Austria, and concluded in mid-March 2009, at the World Cup finals in \u00C5re, Sweden.Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won the overall title by two points over Benjamin Raich of Austria. Svindal returned from a season-ending injury in December 2007, and also took the season title in super-G. Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. repeated as women's overall champion, taking the title by a substantial 384 points over Maria Riesch of Germany."@en . . .