Lindsey Vonn finished 13th in her first race in 322 days, a World Cup downhill won by Austrian Christine Scheyer in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, on Sunday.
Vonn was 1.54 seconds slower than the first-time winner Scheyer, who prevailed by .39 over Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather. American Jacqueline Wiles was third, her first World Cup podium, .54 back.
Scheyer, whose best previous World Cup finish was ninth, snapped a 23-race World Cup winless streak for Austrian women. It marked the snow-crazed nation’s longest drought since 1998.
Wiles, who has been sponsored by Vonn, had a best finish of 10th in 46 previous World Cup starts.