Lindsey Vonn was 10th fastest in a readiness run on Thursday for her most memorable World Cup downhill in a long time.
Three weeks after the 40-year-old’s Existence Cup bounce back in a super-G, Vonn completed the 2km Karl Schranz course 2.55 seconds behind Federica Brignone of Italy. The American, who is hustling on a titanium knee, was coordinated at close to 68 mph at a fast piece of the slant where she won a declining in December 2007.
A resulting practice is pushed toward Friday before the race on Saturday.
Vonn has won 43 World Cup downhills – a record for individuals – among her 82 work wins, a hard and fast that contributes her third on the all-energy list. Mikaela Shiffrin, who is recovering after a mishap at a race last month, has 99 and Ingemar Stenmark won 86 during the 1970s and 1980s. Vonn was similarly the Olympic downhill legend at the 2010 Games in Vancouver.
Vonn surrendered in February 2019 after the enormous standoffs in Sweden. Her unforeseen bounce back is working back to a return in her leaned toward downhill event. She put fourteenth with a careful conflict the super-G on 21 December at St Moritz, and a booked second race was dropped due to sad environment.
Vonn should similarly battle multi week from this point at Cortina d’Ampezzo – the women’s course for the 2026 Olympics, where she won six downhills and six super-Gs – and hopes to possess all the necessary qualities for the large confrontations one month from this point in Saalbach.
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