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Llindsay Vonn was edged out by German Skier Gina Stechert by just one-hundreth of a second in yesterday’s downhill race at Tarvisio, Italy. Vonn missed the opportunity to set a United States women’s record of 19 World Cup victories.

Vonn skied with a surgically repaired tendon in her thumb which she severed on a champagne bottle two weeks earlier. The injury could have hindered her pole plants.

With less than a year from the Vancouver Olympics, Vonn is a heavy favorite reach the podium in the five events she may race. Vonn placed eighth in the downhill at Torino after sustaining a brutal crash days earlier. Since then Vonn has been focused on the 2010 Games.