Lindsey Vonn Wins World Cup After 8 Years | Comeback Victory

Lindsey Vonn made a comeback after six years last winter.

Now came the first World Cup victory since Åre in March 2018.

– Wow. It was the worst I’ve seen. Explain it to whoever can?, says commentator Janne Blomqvist in Viaplay.

Lindsey Vonn shows top form ahead of the Olympics where the women’s alpine is decided in Cortina.

In the first downhill race of the winter, the 41-year-old veteran crushed the rest of the world’s elite with a super run.

After falling far behind in the opening slide of the downhill race in St. Moritz, she was a whopping 98 hundredths ahead of the finish line.

– What a power ride. It was brutal how she used her leg strength. How is that possible?, says Janne Blomqvist.

Many were shocked by the performance and the offensive path choices into the steeps.

– It must be one of the most epic races we have ever witnessed in alpine skiing, says commentator Jörgen Klem in Norwegian Viaplay.

Second was Magdalena Egger and third was Mirjam Puchner, both from Austria.

Oldest winner of all time

Lindsey Vonn is thus the oldest in Alpine in terms of both women and men to win the World Cup, this was the 83rd World Cup victory.

– It was a statement from another world. It was crushing. What she delivers today was outclassed. You are actually speechless with admiration, says Norwegian alpine expert Kjetil Jansrud VG.

The American made her World Cup debut at the age of 16 25 years ago in 2000.

Over the next 19 years, she won 82 World Cup victories and four overall victories.

Only compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin is ahead on the same list with 104 World Cup victories.

On Saturday there is another downhill race and on Sunday there is a super-G in the Swiss alpine resort.

On the men’s side, Ingemar Stenmark is the best at 86 World Cup victories.

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