0.24. Emma Aicher won the second St. Moritz downhill on Saturday in 1:30.50, 0.24 seconds ahead of Lindsey Vonn. Sofia Goggia was third at 0.29. Aicher is 22. Vonn had won Friday’s downhill on the same Corviglia course at 41, which made her the oldest World Cup winner in the sport’s history.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time / Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma AicherGER | GER | 1:30.50 |
| 2 | Lindsey VonnUSA | USA | +0.24 |
| 3 | Sofia GoggiaITA | ITA | +0.29 |
| 4 | Breezy JohnsonUSA | USA | +0.40 |
Bumpier than Friday
Both women agreed on the diagnosis and disagreed about what it was worth. Aicher said the course was a bit bumpier than the day before and that her coach’s instruction for bumpy snow is to push harder, so she pushed harder. Vonn said she had skied pretty well but had been a little out of balance.
Out of balance meant specific: she was knocked onto her hip in the middle of the run, lost speed and had to find the line again. On a track where Friday’s margin had been 0.98 in her favour, that cost more than 0.24. Vonn, who always wants more, took second and said she knew she could be better.
Aicher started fifth on Friday and won on Saturday. Breezy Johnson was fourth, 0.40 back, in her 100th World Cup start.
Aicher’s third win, at 22
It was her third World Cup victory and her second in downhill. The first two came in the space of a fortnight in March 2025: the Kvitfjell downhill by 0.03 and the La Thuile super-G by 0.06. She scores in four disciplines, which is rare at any age and very rare at 22.
What this weekend set up
- Vonn left St. Moritz with 180 of a possible 200 downhill points and the discipline lead.
- Aicher won two more races this season, both super-Gs, and finished the winter second in the overall standings, 87 points behind Mikaela Shiffrin.
- She also finished second in the downhill standings, 83 points behind Laura Pirovano, and third in super-G.
- At Milano Cortina she took silver in the downhill, 0.04 behind Johnson, and silver in the team combined.
Friday belonged to the oldest winner the World Cup has had. Saturday belonged to a 22-year-old who went on to lose the overall title by 87 points.