Vonn in vintage form, places 2nd in final World Cup race of comeback season

Pat Graham · The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 23, 2025 2:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Lindsey Vonn concluded her comeback play astatine property 40 with a second-place decorativeness successful a World Cup super-G contention Sunday that was won by Swiss standout Lara Gut-Behrami.

Vonn recovered her vintage signifier portion flying down the twisting and steep Challenger people astatine the World Cup finals successful Sun Valley, Idaho. The American pumped her skis poles aft glancing astatine the scoreboard arsenic the ample assemblage roared.

This was Vonn's archetypal World Cup podium spot since March 15, 2018, erstwhile she finished 3rd successful a super-G successful Are, Sweden. Vonn came retired of status this play aft a partial genu replacement.

It was Vonn's 138th vocation World Cup podium successful her 408th World Cup start. She is wrong 1 of tying the astir starts by a pistillate racer, a people held by Renate Goetschl of Austria.

Gut-Behrami finished successful 1 infinitesimal 12.35 seconds, edging Vonn by 1.29 (1:13.64) to gain the season-long super-G Crystal Globe by overtaking Italian racer Federica Brignone. Gut-Behrami trailed by 5 points heading into Sunday's race.

Gut-Behrami recovered plentifulness of velocity and took immoderate calculated risks to glide done the course. Brignone finished 3rd successful 1:13.68, 1.33 seconds down Gut-Behrami.

The last season-long super-G standings ended up Gut-Behrami, Brignone and Sofia Goggia of Italy.

On Saturday, Brignone officially clinched the downhill subject aft the contention was cancelled, on with the wide title.
No Canadians were entered successful Sunday's competition.

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