Lindsey Vonn‘s top priority for the remainder of her career is to break the World Cup wins record held by Swede Ingemar Stenmark. She is at 77 victories, nine shy of the record.
Stenmark’s goal? To hold onto the record a little bit longer.
“Keep on winning, but don’t beat my record too early,” Stenmark, in an NBCSN interview at the world championships on Tuesday, said he told Vonn on Monday. “She can beat it, but not this year. Maybe next year.”
Stenmark won his 86 World Cup races between 1974 and 1989, with 46 in giant slalom and 40 in slalom.