Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career before Saturday. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43.
Lindsey Vonn in 20th place in downhill at Cortina
Italy’s Federica Brignone scored her first career World Cup downhill in St Anton Austria. Brignone won with a time of 1:16.08, just ahead of Switzerland’s Malorie Blanc.
Italian skiing champion Federica Brignone on Saturday clinched her first World Cup downhill victory and the 30th overall win of her career in St. Anton, Austria. Brignone won the race in 1;16.08. Italy's Laura Pirovano from Trentino Alto Adige came in fourth in 1;
Italian veteran Federica Brignone continued her superb season with success in the women's World Cup downhill at St Anton on Saturday, with comeback queen Lindsey Vonn a fine sixth.
A day after clinching her first World Cup downhill victory and the 30th overall win of her career, Federica Brignone on Sunday ended the super-G race in third position in St. Anton, Austria, behind winner Lauren Macuga of the US and Austria's Stephanie Venier.
ST. ANTON, Austria — Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43. Malorie Blanc had never even started a World Cup downhill.
Comeback queen Lindsey Vonn produced a fine sixth on her World Cup downhill return as Italian veteran Federica Brignone continued her superb season at St Anton on Saturday.
ST. ANTON, Austria — Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43. Malorie Blanc had never even started a World Cup downhill.
Lindsey Vonn has fallen while on pace for a podium finish at a World Cup super-G on the course that will host skiing at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics. She went down on her left hip coming around a gate midway down but appeared to avoid injury.
Swiss Olympic champions Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter placed fourth and fifth, respectively, and defending downhill World Cup champion Cornelia Huetter placed sixth. Jacqueline Wiles in seventh was the top American finisher.
In her second downhill since coming back from her 2019 World Cup retirement, Lindsey Vonn looked destined for another jaw-dropping result in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Vonn charged the lower half of the Olympia delle