Alpine skiing-Vonn dominates opening downhill as oldest World Cup winner

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Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - St. Moritz, Switzerland - December 12, 2025 Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. in action REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - St. Moritz, Switzerland - December 12, 2025 Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. in action REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - St. Moritz, Switzerland - December 12, 2025 Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. in action REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - St. Moritz, Switzerland - December 12, 2025 Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. in action REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - St. Moritz, Switzerland - December 12, 2025 Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. in action REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

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ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Dec 12 : American great Lindsey Vonn dominated the opening women's downhill of the season on Friday to become, at 41, the oldest winner of an Alpine skiing World Cup race in a sensational boost for her 2026 Olympic comeback bid.

The 2010 Olympic downhill champion took the 83rd World Cup win of her career - and first since a downhill in Are, Sweden, in March 2018 - by 0.98 of a second in the Swiss resort of St Moritz.

Source: Reuters

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