"In her 125th career World Cup downhill start, 24 years after her debut and eight years since her last major win, Lindsey Vonn sped to a stunning victory in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Friday. It was as if Vonn announced to the world that not only is she back after a six-year retirement, the 41-year-old American slopes legend is ready to rule downhill skiing again at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February."
"Vonn's math is correct. She certainly is the oldest woman to win a World Cup race and has 83 victories across all World Cup disciplines. Federica Brignone of Italy set a record a year ago when she won a World Cup race - she won 10, actually - at age 34. Brignone is not racing this weekend because of an injury."
Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup downhill in St. Moritz in her 125th career downhill start, 24 years after her debut and eight years after her last major win. The 41-year-old achieved the fastest bottom-half times, reached 74 mph, and completed the course in 1 minute, 29.63 seconds. Vonn became the oldest woman to win a World Cup race and recorded her 83rd World Cup victory across disciplines. The victory margin was 0.98 seconds over Magdalena Egger. Vonn is the only American woman to win Olympic downhill gold and competed with titanium implants in her right knee.
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