"There were some fears for today's downhill race after training on Friday, January 9, had been canceled as the storm was still moving through the Alps, but, luckily, snowfall eased enough in the eastern Alps for the races at Zauchensee, Austria, to be held. The start, however, had to be moved down to the backup start due to continuing snowfall and poor visibility higher up."
"Vonn skied to a dominant victory on the shortened course, a feat the 41-year-old described with, "I knew it was a sprint and I had to give it everything I had, and I did." After the training run on Thursday, December 8, where Lindsey Vonn had come 50th, you could have been forgiven for thinking that maybe Vonn was going to cruise for the rest of the season now that she has qualified for the Olympics."
Snowfall and a storm initially forced cancellation of Friday training, but conditions eased enough in the eastern Alps for the Zauchensee downhill to proceed with the start moved to a backup lower position due to poor visibility. Lindsey Vonn, 41, won decisively on the shortened course despite a prior training run result of 50th. Norway's Kajsa Lie finished second, marking her first podium of the season, and Jacqui Wiles placed third. Corinne Suter set an early pace of 1:07.34, with Romane Miradoli and Lie improving on that time before Vonn took the lead. Deteriorating course conditions late limited further changes and several big names missed the top ten.
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