ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria -- Lindsey Vonn won a women's World Cup downhill on Saturday for her 36th career victory in the discipline, matching Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell's all-time best mark.
Vonn, who held a comfortable lead after the first run, finished in an aggregate time of 2 minutes, 11.17 seconds, one second ahead of Larisa Yurkiw of Canada.
Another race, another record! Couldn't be happier! I'm honored that the legendary A.M. Pröll was there today! #LV72 pic.twitter.com/YRcwTdsk3m
— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) January 9, 2016
Cornelia Huetter of Austria was 1.66 behind in third. Overall leader Lara Gut failed to finish the opening run and didn't score points. The Swiss skier remains in the lead, 58 points clear of Vonn.
It was the first women's two-run downhill on a shortened course in 14 years.
Major Key Alert: Thanks @djkhaled for all the ?'s to success. They didn't want me to win and I won. #win72 #anotherone #fanlove
— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) January 9, 2016
