Lindsey Vonn proved that her 83rd World Cup win on Friday was far from a fluke with her performances the rest of the weekend in St. Moritz.
Vonn followed up becoming the oldest World Cup winner by four years with another downhill podium on Saturday, finishing in second place. She also finished in fourth place in the St. Moritz super-G on Sunday.
Vonn was bested on Saturday by 0.24 seconds by Germany’s Emma Aicher. She admitted afterward the emotional toll that Friday’s historic win had on her. Vonn’s win Friday was her first in over seven years. The speed skiing legend also bumped her hip on the ground on her final run on Saturday, escaping a fall.
Australia’s Alice Robinson walked away with Sunday’s super-G title. Vonn missed out on a podium on Sunday, finishing 0.08 seconds behind Italy’s Sophia Goggia.
Vonn’s U.S. teammate, Breezy Johnson, also had a strong showing on Saturday, finishing just off the final downhill podium in fourth place.
“I think I skied pretty well,” Vonn said after her podium finish on Saturday. “I was a little bit out of balance today.”
Vonn cracked a wry smile after Aicher kicked her off the top spot of Saturday’s podium. She said she’s still happy with the strong result.
“I was a little bit more hesitant,” Vonn added.
The Parkite believed she was too hesitant with her skiing again on Sunday. She said she’s going to learn from her mistakes moving forward.
Vonn leaves St. Moritz for the final time as a professional ranked atop the world in downhill and fourth in super-G. She said taking the world-leader bib headed into the next World Cup is important to her. The speed skiing season continues this week in Val d’Isere, France, where Vonn, Johnson and the rest of the field will enter the starting gate again for one downhill and one super-G race.
“I think, overall, it was a great weekend,” Vonn said about St. Moritz. “I take a lot of confidence from it.”
Vonn and the speed field will hit the slopes in Val d’Isere this week, with official training starting on Thursday. There will be two days of training before Saturday’s downhill race and Sunday’s super-G.
“I’m pretty happy, I’m not entirely happy,” Vonn told TNT Sports following Saturday’s race. “It happens in ski racing.”
After Val d’Isere, the field will get a short Christmas break before racing three more World Cups before the Olympics. Vonn is gunning for her fifth Olympic appearance on the Cortina d’Ampezzo slopes on which she’s won 21 World Cup races before.
“As someone that always wants to get better, I know I can be better,” Vonn added.