Lake Louise, Alberta – American power in alpine skiing applies to both sexes this Olympic season.
Lindsey Kildow made that clear Saturday with a women’s World Cup downhill victory in the swirling winds and frigid temperatures of the Canadian Rockies.
While the U.S. men dominated in Colorado, Kildow edged Sylviane Berthod of Switzerland by three-hundredths of a second Saturday for her second career World Cup win.
The 21-year-old former Ski Club Vail product who lives in Park City, Utah, triumphed on the same hill where she won her first World Cup race a year ago. As happened in 2004, Kildow and U.S. teammate Bode Miller won the same day. Miller won the giant slalom at Beaver Creek on Saturday.
“Today was really special for me,” Kildow said. “I’ve only won once before, and that was here. To do it again was awesome. Hopefully this year, I’ll be more consistent.”
Fighting the wind and blowing snow, Kildow won in 1 minute, 49.51 seconds. Berthod was second in 1:49.54. Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria, second in Friday’s downhill, was third in 1:49.63.
Kildow finished fifth in Friday’s race. Her victory at Lake Louise a year ago was the start of a breakout season, where she finished among the top three seven times.
