Alpine Skiing: Lindsey Vonn celebrates her 81st birthday.

Speed Queen Lindsey Vonn has her status as top favourite on downhill gold five days before the start of the winter games in Pyeongchang with her 81. World Cup victory impressively confirmed. The 33-year-old from the USA also won the second race in the royal discipline in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday – again ahead of the Italian Sofia Goggia (+0.11 seconds). The best Austrian is Stephanie Venier in fourth place.