Vail’s Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup downhill Saturday, withstanding temperatures that plunged to 18 below zero in Lake Louise, Alberta.
Vonn, formerly Lindsey Kildow, was followed in order by Austria’s Renate Goetschl and Canada’s Britt Janyk in a race on the men’s Olympic downhill course.
It was the fourth career downhill victory at Lake Louise for Vonn, who was timed in 1 minute, 48.69 seconds. Goetschl finished in 1:49.77 and Janyk was timed at 1:49.96 for her first top-three World Cup result.
American Julia Mancuso finished in 13th place.
“I trusted myself, knowing the line and not thinking twice about it,” Vonn said. “I wish we could have more races up here, or at least the two downhills we’ve had the last few years.”
The women’s World Cup moves to Aspen this week for a downhill, super-G and slalom beginning Friday.
Morgenstern top jumper. Thomas Morgenstern won the first World Cup individual ski jump of the season, beating two Norwegians in the large hill event in Kuusamo, Finland.
Kjolstad, Majdic prevail. Johan Kjolstad won the men’s World Cup cross-country sprint and Petra Majdic won the women’s event in Kuusamo.
No. 75 for Bjorndalen. Norway’s Ole Einar Bjorndalen, the greatest biathlete in history, shot cleanly and won a sprint for a record 75th World Cup victory in Kontiolahti, Finland.
Bjorndalen completed the 10-kilometer race in 23: 13.4. Dmitri Yaroshenko of Russia was second, 12.7 seconds back, after one miss.
Wennemars takes 1,500. Erben Wennemars edged Enrico Fabris and Havard Bokko to win his second 1,500-meter World Cup speedskating race this season in Kolomna, Russia.
South Koreans dominate. South Koreans won all the races at a short track speedskating World Cup event in Turin, with victories by Song Kyung-taek, Sung Si-bak, Yang Shin-young and Shin Sae-bom.
U.S. team wins. Steven Holcomb piloted the U.S. four-man bobsled team to a 0.10-second victory over Germany in a World Cup event at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.
