Alpine skiing - Lindsey Vonn misses downhill training again ahead of final race

Lindsey Vonn skipped women's downhill training for the second day running at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday, two days after suffering a high-speed crash in the Super-G that left her battered and bruised.

Sunday's downhill in Are will be the final race of the former Olympic champion's career after she announced her retirement last week.

The 34-year-old American, winner of 82 World Cup races, sustained a black eye and bruised ribs when she crashed on Tuesday in a race won by compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin.

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There is one more training run on Saturday before the women's downhill in which two-times world champion Vonn will seek a fairytale finish to her glittering career.

Austrians dominated the time sheets in Thursday's training with Stephanie Venier quickest. Ricarda Hasser and Tamara Tippler were third and fourth fastest down a slightly-shortened Strecke course with Swiss Wendy Holdener second.

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Organisers lowered the start because of adverse weather conditions.

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