LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - Lindsey Vonn caught an edge with her left ski and was certain she was crashing.
Somehow, she recovered. The mistake hardly even slowed her down as the American standout was her dominant self on a hill that’s become like a second home.
Vonn won the season-opening World Cup downhill Friday for her 16th victory at Lake Louise. She finished in 1 minute, 50.5 seconds, edging Cornelia Huetter of Austria by 0.58 seconds. Another Austrian, Ramona Siebenhofer, was third.
“I think every race here is special, even when I’m not winning,” said Vonn, who has 13 downhill victories and three super-G wins at the Alberta resort.