Vonn moves onto Picabo’s street again

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Another day, another career achievement for Lindsey Vonn.

This one will be special to the 24-year-old Minnesotan because it puts again her in the company of her childhood ski idol, Picabo Street.

Today in Bulgaria, despite a modest 12th-place finish in a World Cup downhill race won by Austria’s Andrea Fischbacher, Vonn clinched a second straight season title in the downhill. Only other U.S. skier to do that? Street in 1995-96.

A year ago, Vonn topped Street as the U.S. skier with most career World Cup downhill wins.

Vonn had finished in the top three in the previous five World Cup races, giving her a firm grip on a second straight overall title. She has a 336-point lead over Maria Riesch of Germany with seven races left.

Vonn also is in contention for the season titles in slalom and Super-G, although she would need a collapse by Riesch in the final two slaloms to have a shot at that crown.

-- Philip Hersh

Associated Press