Lindsey Vonn has fallen toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run in Italy and appeared slightly banged up.

Lindsey Vonn fell toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run on Thursday and appeared slightly banged up.

The United States star — the greatest downhill racer in women’s World Cup history — was fastest in the first part of the course, touching 77 miles per hour.

Vonn won a record 43 downhills in her 82-win World Cup career. Her previous World Cup downhill had been in January 2019, placing ninth at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Lindsey Vonn’s stellar return to alpine skiing at age 40 continued and a rising 22-year-old American teammate announced her arrival. On Saturday in St. Anton, Switzerland, Vonn finished sixth place in her first World Cup downhill competition in nearly six years and followed that with a fourth-place finish Sunday in the Super-G,

Vonn schussed into fourth in the Super G, just behind Federica Brignone, Stephanie Venier, and Lauren Macuga. For Macuga, a 22-year-old American racer, it was her career first World Cup win. With her and Vonn finishing in the top five,

Breakout star Lauren Macuga and comeback queen Lindsey Vonn made it a classic Sunday for the United States ski team. Macuga’s first World Cup race win — in a super-G where the 40-year-old Vonn impressed again in fourth — was no surprise to ski watchers who saw the 22-year-old American’s fast-improving results.

Lindsey Vonn continued her comeback Sunday with a fourth-place finish in what turned out to be a splendid super-G race for the Americans in St. Anton, Austria.