Lindsey Vonn's return to ski racing at age 40 with a new titanium knee has come with an added bonus for the American.

Lindsey Vonn was the victim of a crash in Italy and suffered some bruises during downhill training for the World Cup on Thursday. Vonn, an accomplished skier and one of the sport’s most celebrated, took a spill just before the end of the practice but escaped serious injury.

Lindsey Vonn has fallen toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run in Italy and appeared slightly banged up.

Lindsey Vonn took it easier in downhill training a day after crashing for the first time of her World Cup comeback at age 40.

Sofia Goggia is leading a World Cup downhill on the course that will host women’s skiing at next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics, while Lindsey Vonn was in 20th on Saturday. It’s Vonn’s first race back in Cortina after nearly six years of retirement — at age 40 with a new titanium knee.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn said she is “good” and has only a few bruises after falling toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run on Thursday. The protective air bag ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn said she is "good" and has only a few bruises after falling toward the end of a World Cup downhill training run on Thursday. The protective air bag that ...

Swiss Olympic champions Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter placed fourth and fifth, respectively, and defending downhill World Cup champion Cornelia Huetter placed sixth. Jacqueline Wiles in seventh was the top American finisher.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Sitting in the middle of the Cortina course following her second fall in four days at the resort where she once dominated, Lindsey Vonn slammed the snow angrily with her right pole.

Lindsey Vonn fell while on pace for a podium finish at a World Cup super-G on Sunday on the course that will host skiing at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.

With just over a year to go before the Winter Olympics, the Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine skiing course got the thumbs up from athletes who competed in the resort last weekend.