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Lindsey Vonn impresses again, wins World Cup downhill for 2nd victory of Olympic season
ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria — Lindsey Vonn showed again Saturday she is the standout downhill racer in this Olympic season.
Vonn won her second World Cup downhill in four races this season, raising expectations in this remarkable comeback racing at age 41 with her right knee rebuilt using titanium implants.
The United States star was 0.37 seconds faster than Kajsa Vickhoff Lie in tricky, overcast conditions. Vonn was jumping up cheering in the leader's box when her teammate Jacqueline Wiles raced into third place, 0.48 back.
On a shortened course that took her fewer than 67 seconds to complete, Vonn still clocked 81 mph for one of the fastest speeds any women racer will hit this season.
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Vonn, 41, wins second World Cup title of season
Vonn became skiing's oldest downhill World Cup winner record last month
Alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn continued her remarkable comeback with her second downhill World Cup title of the season in Zauchensee, Austria.
The 41-year-old American retired from the sport in February 2019 but made her competitive return in December 2024 after a partial knee replacement.
In December, she became the oldest skiing downhill World Cup winner with her victory in St Moritz, Switzerland.
In Zauchensee, Vonn was fastest by 0.37 seconds from Norway's Kajsa Vickhoff Lie with a run of one minute 06.24 seconds, while American Jacqueline Wiles finished third, 0.48 slower than Vonn.
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