Three-time Olympic snowboarding medallist Lindsey Vonn marked her World Cup return after greater than 5 years away from the game with a formidable 14th place within the Tremendous G at St Moritz.
The American, 40, retired in February 2019 however introduced her aggressive comeback in November having had profitable knee surgical procedure.
Vonn, who’s aiming to make the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, crossed the end line in 1:16.36 in Switzerland, 1.18 seconds slower than winner Cornelia Hutter of Austria.
“I felt actually good, there’s undoubtedly so much I’ve left to present,” Vonn instructed Eurosport.
“I actually needed to get to the end immediately and be stable. I did not wish to danger an excessive amount of, immediately was not the day to do something particular.
“It feels so good to have the nerves, to have the butterflies, to have the adrenaline, and to push your self.
“I feel that is the right begin and I stay up for making an attempt to enhance each race.”
She made her aggressive return in Copper Mountain, Colorado, earlier this month, the place she completed twenty fourth out of 45 skiers in her first of two downhill races on the FIS Fall Pageant, and twenty seventh in her second.
Vonn gained Olympic downhill gold on the Winter Video games in Vancouver in 2010, the place she additionally took bronze within the Tremendous-G. She claimed one other downhill bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018.
She made her World Cup debut aged 16 in 2000 and went on to win 20 World Cup titles (together with 4 general Crystal Globes) and eight World Championship medals, with 137 World Cup podiums and 82 World Cup victories.
The American will race once more on Sunday in one other Tremendous G occasion at St Moritz.
