LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn of Vail won the World Cup women’s downhill Friday at Lake Louise for her ninth victory at the resort.
Vonn finished in 1 minute, 53.19 seconds to beat Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather by 1.95 seconds — the largest victory margin in her downhill career.
Switzerland’s Dominique Gisin was third in 1:55.29.
“I mean, 2 seconds, that’s crazy,” Gisin said. “We will try to be a little bit closer to Lindsey (today). That’s probably the only thing you can hope for.”
Vonn has won at least one race at Lake Louise in eight consecutive years.
“I just have always had such a good feeling here,” said Vonn, fourth on the women’s career list with 43 World Cup victories. “That track suits me so well. I feel at home. It can’t be more peaceful and amazing with the mountains here. I would prefer to have every race here in Lake Louise, but I don’t think they’ll let me.”
Bode Miller won the men’s downhill in Beaver Creek to mark the first time since Dec. 3, 2004, that an American man and woman won downhills on the same day. That also was Vonn’s first World Cup victory.
Alice McKennis of Glenwood Springs was eighth in her return from a knee injury.
After the second downhill today, a super-G is set for Sunday.
The Associated Press
