ST MORITZ, Switzerland — American great Lindsey Vonn won the opening women's World Cup downhill of the season on Friday to make Alpine ski history at 41 in a sensational boost for her 2026 Olympic comeback hopes.

The 2010 Olympic downhill champion took the 83rd World Cup win of her career — and first since a downhill in Are, Sweden, in March 2018 — by 0.98 of a second in the Swiss resort of St. Moritz.

The previous oldest World Cup race winner was Switzerland's Didier Cuche at 37 in a men's Super-G in 2012. Italy's Federica Brignone was the oldest previous female winner at 34 last season.

Starting 16th on the Corviglia piste, Vonn was behind after the first two time checks but then powered ahead to cross the line in a time of one minute 29.63 seconds .

Collapsing in the snow at the fin

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