Lindsey Vonn amped up her Olympic preparations by winning a World Cup downhill by a large margin on Saturday. A day after finishing second place, American skier Lindsey Vonn reclaimed her spot on top of the podium at the FIS World Cup in Cortina, Italy. It was Vonn's record 12th win in Cortina and 79th in her career, moving her within seven of Ingemar Stenmark's record 86 World Cup victories. At 33, Vonn became the oldest woman to win a World Cup downhill, beating the previous mark established by Elisabeth Goergl, an Austrian who was 32 when she won in 2014. Shiffrin extends World Cup leadMikaela Shiffrin finished seventh and extended her lead in the overall World Cup standings ahead of Goggia to a massive 907 points.

Source: CBC News January 20, 2018 14:48 UTC