GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) – Lindsey Vonn won a women’s downhill on a demanding course by a big margin on Saturday to extend her World Cup lead.
On a sunny day but with most of the Kandahar course in shade, Vonn made no obvious mistakes and finished 1.51 seconds ahead of Fabienne Suter of Switzerland.
Vonn raised her record to 38 downhill wins, the most by a woman in a specific discipline.
With her 76th World Cup win, Vonn closed the gap on the all-time record of 86 victories held by Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden. Vonn has won five of six downhill races this season and six of the last seven going back to last season.
“You can never be unsatisfied with a one-and-a-half second lead, it was a great day, I am pretty psyched,” the American said.