Lindsey Vonn recorded her first World Cup victory in nearly eight years after earning top honors in a downhill event on Friday in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Vonn, 41, also became the oldest woman to win a World Cup race by finishing in 1 minute, 29.63 seconds. Her time was 0.98 seconds and 1.16 seconds better than Austrians Magdalena Egger and Mirjam Puchner, respectively, who rounded out the podium.

It was Vonn's 83rd World Cup victory and first since she won in Are, Sweden, in March 2018.

Vonn celebrated by collapsing safely in the snow with a wide grin stretched across her face. She then mimicked Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry's "night, night" pose before raising her arms in triumph.

After the race, Vonn was quick to credit her new coach Aksel Lund Svindal, who was a 3

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