Lindsey Vonn lost her balance and a ski coming around a turn, crashing and sliding down the race course for about 10 seconds before coming to a stop, getting up and standing and gliding down the hill on her power in a World Cup downhill Friday.
Vonn was faster than provisional race winner Lara Gut at the first split time before she crashed about halfway down the course and failed to finish in La Thuile, Italy.
The Swiss Gut prevailed by 1.02 seconds over Austrian Cornelia Huetter, with Italian Nadia Fanchini third.