Lindsey Vonn has fallen toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run in Italy 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.

No one was faster down the steep middle section of the course than Vonn, 40, making the third appearance of her surprising comeback.

Lindsey Vonn fell toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run on Thursday and appeared slightly banged up. Vonn got back up and skied to the finish area on the Olympia delle Tofane course that will host next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics but then went inside a medical tent for treatment.

Lauren Macuga reacts after winning the women's World Cup super-G race in St. Anton, Austria on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.

Lindsey Vonn had a successful return to the slopes in her second competitive race since 2019. The legendary skier finished sixth in the World Cup

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,