"Wearing bib No 10 and a brace on the injured knee, Vonn was forced to wait more than 90 minutes at the top of the mountain as low cloud and fog repeatedly halted the session. The delays came after Slovenia's Ilka Stuhec crashed early, forcing course re-grooming, before fog again rolled in after the fourth starter, Austria's Nina Ortlieb. Norway's Marte Monsen, who also crashed in Crans-Montana last week, did not start."
"Vonn skied with visible intent from the top, briefly getting tight to her line midway down and only narrowly clearing one gate. She was among the fastest through the final checkpoints, reaching a maximum speed of 75.20mph (121.02km/h), before standing up out of her tuck approaching the finish. At the bottom of the piste, she exchanged fist pumps and a hug with US teammate Breezy Johnson, who started just ahead of her as the session resumed after more than an hour's delay due to fog."
Lindsey Vonn, 41, produced an aggressive and largely clean downhill training run on the Olimpia delle Tofane course less than a week after fully rupturing the ACL in her left knee. She clocked 1min 40.33sec while wearing a brace. Vonn waited more than 90 minutes at the top as low cloud and fog repeatedly halted the session after crashes by Ilka Stuhec and Nina Ortlieb; Marte Monsen did not start. She skied with visible intent, briefly getting tight to her line and narrowly clearing a gate, then exchanged fist pumps and a hug with teammate Breezy Johnson at the finish. Thursday's opening training was canceled due to heavy snowfall.
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