VAL D'ISERE, France — American skier Lindsey Vonn won a World Cup downhill race Saturday on the same course where she re-injured her troublesome right knee one year ago, clinching a 61st career victory to continue her strong comeback following two operations. Vonn had a clean run on the Oreiller-Killy course to finish 0.19 seconds ahead of early pace-setter Elisabeth Goergl of Germany and Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany, who tied for second. Swiss skier Lara Gut placed 0.39 seconds behind in fourth place, while overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia finished half a second adrift in seventh. After nearly two years without a victory, the 30-year-old Vonn won a downhill at Lake Louise, Canada, two weeks ago and finished second in super-G the next day. She goes for a fourth straight podium in Sunday's super-G. — AP
