FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 – Women's downhill

The Women's downhill competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2019 was held on Sunday, 10 February.

In the final event of her international career, Lindsey Vonn of the United States won the bronze medal, a half-second behind repeat champion Ilka Štuhec of Slovenia, and Switzerland's Corinne Suter took the silver.

The race course was 1.670 km (1.04 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 502 m (1,647 ft) from a starting elevation of 898 m (2,946 ft) above sea level. Štuhec's winning time of 61.74 seconds yielded an average speed of 97.376 km/h (60.5 mph) and an average vertical descent rate of 8.131 m/s (26.7 ft/s).

Results

The race started at 12:30 CET (UTC+1). Due to high winds, the starting point was dropped by 162 m (531 ft) to the location of the Super-G start, shortening the length by 0.566 km (0.35 mi) to 1.67 km (1.04 mi).

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