Lindsey Vonn seals Olympic favourite status with fourth podium in four races

41-year-old American wins in Zauchensee, Austria Veteran skier leads World Cup standings Lindsey Vonn continued her age-defying comeback with a downhill victory on Saturday to take her career World Cup tally to 84 wins. The 41-year-old American’s second success and fourth podium from four downhills this season increased the veteran skier’s lead in the standings and cemented her favourite status for next month’s Winter Olympics. Already the oldest World Cup winner of all time, Vonn was fastest by 0.37sec from Norway’s Kajsa Vickhoff Lie with a run of 1:06.24 on a cold and cloudy morning with snow falling in Zauchensee, Austria. Continue reading...