The American has won three times this season after recovering from a series of serious knee injuries and was once again on top in the Italian slopes.

With her 32nd career World Cup win in downhill on the day, Vonn equalled Austrian Annemarie Moser-Pröll's all-time record of 62 World Cup victories.

Her time of 1min 39.61sec was 0.32 seconds clear of Austria's Elisabeth Görg, who was fastest in the top two sections only to fall out of favour after a mistake in the lower part of the course.

Italian veteran Daniela Merighetti, who won her first and only World Cup race in 2012 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, rounded out the podium, 0.54 seconds off the pace.

Lindsey Vonn equalled Annemarie Moser-Pröll's all-time record of 62 World Cup victories with a win in Cortina d'Ampezzo ©Getty Images



"I was a little bit nervous in the start," Vonn said.

"I thought I skied really well on Friday, but it was tough conditions and I wasn't able to be on top of the podium.

"Today was kind of the same, the snow was soft but at least it was sunny.

"I just tried to keep my feet underneath me and not to push the skis against the snow too much and it worked out.

"I try to win as many races as I can.

"Every time I'm in the starting gate I'm trying to win, whether it's 60, 61, 62 or whatever it is, I just try to ski my best.

"So it was more frustrating just talking about this record in the media.

"But for me mentally it was the same as any other race.

"Now I'm happy we can stop talking about it."

Just 0.14 seconds separated the top three in the men's downhill event in Wengen, Switzerland as Austrian Hannes Reichelt fought off a Swiss challenge to claim gold in 2:36.14.

Beat Feuz led the Swiss contingent in second as he skied home in 2:23.26 to finish just 0.12 seconds behind his Austrian opponent, while Carlo Janka was a further 0.02 behind in third.

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