Sofia Goggia gets overdue World Cup win in super-G as Lindsey Vonn finishes 3rd

Lindsey Vonn heads to Aspen for the holidays happy with another good result Sunday, standing on the podium for a fourth time in five World Cup races to complete an impressive first act of her Olympic season at age 41.

Vonn was third in a super-G won by Sofia Goggia, who finally got a deserved first win this season one day after tears flowed when she wasted a fast start in a downhill and finished eighth.

"I really felt a lot of pain in my heart for the [chance] I threw away," Goggia said, revealing she had cried for an hour at her hotel Saturday.

The two former Olympic downhill champions — and biggest personalities in women's speed races — were split on a high-class podium Sunday by runner-up Alice Robinson, who is already a two-time winner this season on the World Cup circuit.

Goggia finished 0.15 seconds ahead of Robinson, who started before strong gusts delayed the race for 10 minutes in Val d'Isere, France.

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Vonn then hit a high speed of 115 kph (71 mph) but the ideal racing line was elusive and she finished 0.36 behind Goggia.

"I was happy with my skiing today," Vonn told Swiss broadcaster RSI. "Sofia put an amazing run together and I knew it was going to be hard to beat her."

Vonn's second consecutive podium finish — after an impressive third in Saturday's downhill — was the 142nd of her storied World Cup career. It resumed exactly one year ago after a five-season retirement to target the Milan Cortina Olympics that start on Feb. 6.

Vonn's intense start to her World Cup season now reads one win, four podiums and a fourth place in five races across 10 days.

"I can't be too upset with that," the United States star said smiling. "Last year was really up and