Lindsey Vonn notches 80th World Cup win

Could there be another American skiing threat at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics?

Lindsey Vonn edged Italy’s Sofia Goggia by two hundredths of a second in a foretaste of the Olympic downhill on Saturday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, raising her career total to 80 World Cup victories.

“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. “Also the timing of this win, coming into the Olympics, I really feel strong mentally and physically.”

Vonn’s win was expected. The surprise, though, came from American skier Breezy Johnson, who finished fourth.