PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
WHISTLER, British Columbia – Even with a painfully bruised right shin, Lindsey Vonn still has the fastest time after the first 25 competitors through the upper section of the course in a downhill training run.
The women will ski the bottom section later Monday, following the conclusion of the men’s downhill race – the first Alpine competition at the Vancouver Games. Vonn finished in 1 minute, 30.75 seconds, which was 0.39 seconds faster than U.S. teammate Julia Mancuso.
Vonn injured her shin during pre-Olympic practice in Austria on Feb. 2. She stayed off skis for more than a week, but tested the injury – with positive results – in an unofficial slalom training run Sunday.
Before Monday, the women’s downhill training run was wiped out three times by weather.