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Vonn Takes Third in Val d'Isère Super-G as Goggia Earns First Win of Season

Back-to-back podiums cap a 10-day surge with one win, four top-threes, preserving her lead in the downhill standings.

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - Val d'Isere, France - December 20, 2025 Austria's Cornelia Huetter celebrates on the podium after winning the Women's Downhill with second placed Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and third placed Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Downhill - Val d'Isere, France - December 20, 2025 Austria's Cornelia Huetter celebrates on the podium after winning the Women's Downhill with second placed Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and third placed Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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Overview

  • Sofia Goggia won Sunday’s super-G in Val d’Isère, finishing 0.15 seconds ahead of runner-up Alice Robinson.
  • Lindsey Vonn placed third, 0.36 seconds off Goggia, hitting 115 kph and logging the 142nd World Cup podium of her career.
  • Vonn’s season now includes one victory, four podiums and a fourth in five races across 10 days, with a racing break until a Jan. 10 downhill in Altenmarkt.
  • A day earlier in the downhill on the Oreiller-Killy course, Cornelia Huetter won ahead of Kira Weidle-Winkelmann with Vonn third as Sofia Goggia slid to eighth after a mid-course mistake in flat light.
  • Vonn extends her early lead in the World Cup downhill standings with the Milan–Cortina Olympics opening on Feb. 6.