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Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record-tying 86th World Cup victory#Mikaela #Shiffrin #recordtying #86th #World #Cup #victory

ARE, Sweden — Moments after winning her record-tying 86th World Cup race, Mikaela Shiffrin was asked by a Swedish broadcaster to directly address Ingemar Stenmark, the skiing standout who had promised to watch at home on television. From one great to another, the 27-year-old American spoke to the 66-year-old Swede of her respect for him and the historic mark he set in 1989 that was long thought…

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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy | Siebenhofer wins back-to-back downhills, Vonn 9th in Cortina

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy | Siebenhofer wins back-to-back downhills, Vonn 9th in Cortina

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy—Jan 19, 2019—Austrian skier Ramona Siebenhofer won her second World Cup downhill in two days, while Lindsey Vonn finished tied for ninth Saturday in the second race of her return from injury.

Siebenhofer, who had her first career win in Friday’s race, finished a slim 0.04 seconds ahead of Austrian teammate Nicole Schmidhofer. Downhill world champion Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia…

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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy | Vonn 15th in return from injury as Siebenhofer wins downhill

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy | Vonn 15th in return from injury as Siebenhofer wins downhill

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy—Jan 18, 2019—  Lindsey Vonn made an uncharacteristic mistake midway down and finished tied for 15th in a World Cup downhill on her return from injury on Friday.

Austrian skier Ramona Siebenhofer claimed her first World Cup victory with a near-perfect run, finishing 0.40 seconds ahead of world champion Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia.

Stephanie Venier of Austria, the silver…

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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy | Vonn takes few risks in 1st downhill training run of season

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy | Vonn takes few risks in 1st downhill training run of season

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy —Jan 17, 2019—Lindsey Vonn skied conservatively in the first World Cup downhill training session of her injury-delayed season on Thursday.

In foggy conditions, Vonn placed 10th, 0.76 seconds behind leader Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway, and was a bit shaky landing the final jump on the Olympia delle Tofane course.

“I was really happy to be back in the starting gate. I was a…