Vonn, 41, wins second World Cup title of season

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.

“I honestly thought with my start number that I had no chance, because there’s so much snow and there wasn’t really a track at number six,” Vonn, who now has 84 career World Cup wins across all disciplines, told TNT Sports.

“I had to risk a lot with my line to really stay in the hunt. I think I executed my plan really well, I brought good intensity to my race.

“Again, I thought I had no chance so I just swung really hard. I was like ‘I could be last, I could be first. I have no idea but I’m going to do my best’.”