JEONGSEON, South Korea (AP) — Over coffee last November at Lindsey Vonn's home in Coloradao, Sofia Goggia of Italy asked her friend for some advice.
How does she handle the pressure? How does she deal with the expectations?
Vonn didn't hesitate to answer. An honest answer, and one the new Olympic downhill champion seemed to take to heart.
"It probably helped her (win)," Vonn said with a wry smile.
Maybe, but on this brilliantly sunny day on the slopes at Jeongseon Alpine Centre that seemed OK to Vonn, too. Just getting on the podium herself with her family there to watch seemed like a win by itself to the American who dominated the slopes for so many years.