{"id":188026,"date":"2025-12-12T14:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/188026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:06:10","slug":"lindsey-vonn-41-becomes-oldest-world-cup-winner-to-continue-remarkable-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/188026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn (41) becomes oldest World Cup winner to continue remarkable comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn celebrates on the podium after winning the Women's Downhill.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6e8ae598-e2b3-4418-86e1-4905c69f6fed.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Lindsey Vonn celebrates on the podium after winning the Women&#8217;s Downhill.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn in action during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Women's Downhill) in St Moritz, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters\/Denis Balibouse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/e2b44aac-fd99-46da-bd22-a3684126b1b1.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Lindsey Vonn in action during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Women&#8217;s Downhill) in St Moritz, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters\/Denis Balibouse<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn celebrates with champagne. Photo: Reuters\/Stefan Wermuth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/40f5815d-70b1-4022-a25e-f63bd3348e11.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Lindsey Vonn celebrates with champagne. Photo: Reuters\/Stefan Wermuth<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Lindsey Vonn continued her remarkable comeback to alpine skiing by dominating the opening downhill of the season to become the oldest winner of a World Cup event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Vonn, 41, beat the rest of the field by nearly a second in St Moritz to secure her 83rd World Cup win and first since 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The American came out of retirement last December having undergone surgery to relieve the knee pain that had ended her career in 2019, and is targeting a tilt at a second Olympic gold medal in Milan-Cortina in February.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn in action during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Women's Downhill) in St Moritz, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters\/Denis Balibouse\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765548370_861_e2b44aac-fd99-46da-bd22-a3684126b1b1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Lindsey Vonn in action during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup (Women&#8217;s Downhill) in St Moritz, Switzerland. Photo: Reuters\/Denis Balibouse<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Vonn triumphed in the downhill in Vancouver at the 2010 Winter Olympics and her performance in Switzerland will raise hopes she can contend to at least medal again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">&#8220;It was an amazing day, I couldn&#8217;t be happier, pretty emotional,&#8221; Vonn told Swiss broadcaster RTS. &#8220;I felt good this summer but I wasn&#8217;t sure how fast I was. I guess I know now how fast I am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cObviously my goal is Cortina but if this is the way we start I think I&#8217;m in a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn celebrates with champagne. Photo: Reuters\/Stefan Wermuth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765548370_126_40f5815d-70b1-4022-a25e-f63bd3348e11.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Lindsey Vonn celebrates with champagne. Photo: Reuters\/Stefan Wermuth<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Vonn won by a margin of +0.98s over Magdalena Egger of Austria, with Mirjam Puchner third. Sofia Goggia of Italy finished fourth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The previous oldest female winner of a World Cup race was Federica Brignone, who was 34 when she won a super-G in La Thuile in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Italian is facing a race against time to be fit for her home Winter Olympics after suffering serious leg injuries, including a torn ACL, in a giant slalom crash at the national championships in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Switzerland\u2019s Lara Gut-Behrami, a rival to Vonn in the speed events, will miss the Games after suffering a season-ending knee injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn celebrates on the podium after winning the Women&#8217;s Downhill. 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