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Lindsey Vonn placed second in the World Cup super-G finals on Sunday in Sun Valley, Idaho, to become the oldest women’s World Cup podium finisher by more than five years.

Vonn, 40, finished the race 1.29 seconds behind Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland. Previously, the oldest woman to make a World Cup podium was Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria, who was 34 years and almost nine months in 2008, per NBC Sports.

It was the first podium finish for Vonn in her comeback to the sport after retiring for five years.

“I usually do better when the pressure’s higher,” Vonn said on the NBC Sports broadcast. “It’s the last race of the season. I just put it all on the line. This is the level that I know I can ski. I know I can even do better than that.

“It’s been a rough season of people saying that I can’t, that I’m too old, that I’m not good enough anymore. I think I proved everyone wrong.”

Vonn was the 2010 Olympic downhill champion and racked up 82 World Cup wins during her illustrious career. She is preparing to make a run at her fifth Olympics appearance at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games.

Vonn is focusing on the downhill and super-G events during her comeback.

“This year has just been really up and down, and it’s been hard to stay positive sometimes, especially because people are telling me that I should just quit — again,” Vonn said.

–Field Level Media