Vonn takes bronze in her last run
Lindsey Vonn cast a quick glance toward the sky after finishing what was likely her final Olympic downhill run, shrugged her shoulders after seeing her time and shook a friendly index finger at her good friend.
No one could catch Sofia Goggia of Italy.
Goggia won the women’s downhill Wednesday, and Vonn earned bronze. The American was looking at a higher finish before Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway turned in a surprise silver- medal performance as the 19th racer on the course.
Goggia finished in a time of 1 minute, 39.22 seconds to hold off Mowinckel by 0.09 seconds. Vonn was 0.47 seconds behind Goggia.
“I gave it all today, skied a great race,” Vonn said. “Sofia just skied better than I did.”
At 33, Vonn becomes the oldest female medalist in Alpine skiing at the Winter Games. The record was held by Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister, who was just shy of her 33rd birthday when she won the downhill and the super- G at the 2006 Turin Olympics.
“I wish I could keep going. I have so much fun. I lovewhat I do,” Vonn said. “My body just can’t, probably can’t, take another four years.”
Vonn captured the downhill gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics but didn’t get a chance to defend it four years later when she sat out the Sochi Games after tearing ligaments in her right knee.