US EditionNicol Delago earns Italy's ski team another win as home Olympics near. Lindsey Vonn 3rd in downhill
- Saturday in Tarvisio, Nicol Delago claimed her first World Cup downhill victory on Jan. 17, 2026, and celebrated at the finish area with Lindsey Vonn third.
- Italy's momentum stems from Nicol Delago's win Saturday, matching Giovanni Franzoni's super-G victory Friday in Wengen, Switzerland, less than three weeks before the home Olympics.
- Delago battled challenging conditions as her skis split in the foggy section of the Tarvisio course but recovered, while fog limited visibility and Vonn, fastest at 136.3 kph speed checks, veered into fresh snow slowing slightly.
- In the downhill table, Lindsey Vonn increased her advantage over Emma Aicher and moved up to third overall behind Mikaela Shiffrin and Camille Rast with four World Cup downhills left this season.
- The Milan Cortina Winter Games open on Feb. 6 with women racing in Cortina d'Ampezzo and men in Bormio; the Olympic downhill in Cortina is scheduled for Feb. 8, and a Tarvisio super-G follows Sunday.
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Alpine skiing: Lindsey Vonn finishes third in latest World Cup downhill
TARVISIO, Italy — The Italian ski team is on a roll with less than three weeks to go before a home Olympics. And so is 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn. Nicol Delago claimed her first World Cup victory in a downhill on home snow Saturday, with Vonn in third place for her fifth podium in five downhills this season. Delago matched Italian teammate Giovanni Franzoni, who claimed his first victory in a super-G in Wengen, Switzerland, on Friday. “It certainl…
Ilka Štuhec finished in the top ten of the downhill for the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tarvisio. The Maribor native took eighth place in one of the longest women's downhills. The winner was Italian Nicol Delago. Second was German Kira Weidle-Winkelmann, and third was American veteran Lindsey Vonn.
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