Lindsey Vonn, 41, posts first World Cup downhill win since 2018

Lindsey Vonn recorded her first World Cup victory in almost eight years after incomes prime honors in a downhill occasion on Friday in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Vonn, 41, additionally grew to become the oldest girl to win a World Cup race by ending in 1 minute, 29.63 seconds. Her time was 0.98 seconds and 1.16 seconds higher than Austrians Magdalena Egger and Mirjam Puchner, respectively, who rounded out the rostrum.

It was Vonn’s 83rd World Cup victory and first since she gained in Are, Sweden, in March 2018.

Vonn celebrated by collapsing safely within the snow with a large grin stretched throughout her face. She then mimicked Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry’s “night time, night time” pose earlier than elevating her arms in triumph.

After the race, Vonn was fast to credit score her new coach Aksel Lund Svindal, who was a 36-time World Cup winner throughout his racing profession.

“We labored actually onerous, not simply me however my entire group, from the tools to the bodily coaching, additionally employed Aksel,” she mentioned, through TNT Sports activities. “… I knew I used to be snowboarding quick, however you by no means know till the primary race. I feel I used to be a bit of sooner than I anticipated. I feel I had an ideal run.”

Vonn was the 2010 Olympic downhill champion and in addition gained bronze within the Tremendous-G that 12 months and a bronze medal within the downhill in Pyeongchang in 2018. She got here out of retirement to make a run at her fifth Olympics look on the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Video games in February.

“Clearly my objective is Cortina but when that is the best way we begin, I feel I am in a great spot,” Vonn mentioned.

Breezy Johnson was the second-best American finisher on Friday. She ended up in fifteenth place, with teammates Isabella Wright (sixteenth) and Jacqueline Wiles (18th) shut by.

–Discipline Stage Media