Lindsey Vonn admitted that she was nervous, "probably the most nervous I've ever been in my life" as she looked down from a mountaintop in Sweden, ready for the last run of her fearless, storied skiing career. But just as she took off, the sun came out, an omen for the Olympic gold medalist.
"It was just a perfect day for downhill," Vonn told NBC SportsNet. And a perfect day for Vonn, who finished her last race cleanly in 1:02.23 and was briefly in first place in the world alpine championships Sunday in Are, Sweden. At the end, she was third, with Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia winning the event and Corinne Suter of Switzerland placing second.