The U.S. women’s alpine skiing team saw three skiers finish in the top 11 in the World Cup downhill race Saturday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Lindsey Vonn, though, was not among them.
Vonn, the three-time Olympic medalist returning to the sport at age 40 with hopes of qualifying for the 2026 Games, had her second straight DNF, after a fall last week in Italy, when she was kicked out of position around a turn and skied out with seven gates to go.
Breezy Johnson took fourth, just six-hundredths of a second away from her first podium since December 2021. She missed most of the last three years with injury and then a 14-month ban for violations of anti-doping whereabouts rules. Lauren Macuga — who won a Super-G race two weeks ago for her first World Cup victory — finished sixth and Jacqueline Wiles 11th.
Italy’s Federica Brignone topped the field in 1:35.83, with Italian teammate Sofia Goggia just 0.01 behind in second. Switzerland’s Corinne Suter took third.
Vonn wasn’t the only U.S. skier to struggle on the Garmisch-Partenkirchen track as Isabella Wright and Tricia Mangan both suffered hard falls. In total, seven skiers did not finish Saturday.
Breezy Johnson celebrates her fourth-place run Saturday in the World Cup women’s downhill in…
