Vonn beats rival Goggia for bittersweet 80th World Cup win

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Lindsey Vonn edged Sofia Goggia in a foretaste of the Pyeongchang Olympic downhill on Saturday, raising her career total to 80 World Cup victories.

The American standout beat Goggia by two hundredths of a second as their ongoing rivalry in Alpine skiing's fastest discipline continued.

"It's a big number," Vonn said of her 80 wins, just six short of the all-time record set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark in the 1980s.

"I remember when I got my 50th here, I never thought I would even get close to Annemarie Moser-Proell's record (of 62 wins) and now I am getting close to Stenmark's. It's incredible," she said.