Alpine Skiing: Superb Vonn claims Lake Louise downhill

Alpine Skiing: Superb Vonn claims Lake Louise downhill
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Lindsey Vonn produced a stunning run at Lake Louise to win her first race of the season and 13th career downhill race at the Canadian resort. The

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Lindsey Vonn produced a stunning run at Lake Louise to win her first race of the season and 13th career downhill race at the Canadian resort.

The American four-time overall World Cup winner blasted out of the start hut and tamed the top of the course.

She recovered superbly from a wobble at the mid-way point to clock one minute and 50.5 seconds.

It was her 34th career downhill win, 16th race win at Lake Louise and 68th career World Cup triumph.

The on-form 31-year-old, who has won seven of the previous eight downhill season titles, will now hunt the Lake Louise triple as there’s another downhill at this resort on Saturday and a Super-G on Sunday.

Austrian Cornelia Huetter was second at 0.58 seconds.

It was only her second career top three finish on the world cup circuit – her first was a third place in a downhill at Val d’Isere, France in 2013.

Huetter’s 24-year-old compatriot Ramona Siebenhofer took third place in the first downhill of the season.

She crossed over 1.07 seconds behind Vonn for her best finish of her young career.

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