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Vonn Wins Shortened Zauchensee Downhill as Safety Questions Mount

Heavy snowfall forced a start from the reserve super‑G point, prompting safety criticism after Magdalena Egger’s crash.

Overview

  • Organizers canceled the second training run and moved the downhill to the Gamskogelhütte reserve start, cutting roughly 25 seconds from the course under FIS rules.
  • Lindsey Vonn, 41, won in 1:06.24 to extend her record as the oldest World Cup winner, with Kajsa Vickhoff Lie second and Jacqueline Wiles third.
  • Laura Pirovano finished fourth, missing a first World Cup podium by 0.15 seconds; Nicol Delago was ninth and Elena Curtoni tenth.
  • Sofia Goggia placed 17th and described the soft, fresh-snow surface as "at the limit," a view also voiced by Pirovano.
  • The race was interrupted after Austria’s Magdalena Egger crashed and was airlifted for medical checks, and focus now shifts to Sunday’s scheduled super‑G, weather permitting.