Lindsey Vonn crashes as Mikaela Shiffrin third in Lake Louise downhill

She is known as a slalom specialist, but Mikaela Shiffrin can add speed machine to her glittering resume with a first World Cup downhill victory in Lake Louise. The 22-year-old, the Olympic slalom champion and winner of the last three slalom World Championships, bagged her first speed win a day after claiming her first downhill podium place on the same course. There was a lengthy delay as officials attended to her before Vonn was able to ski slowly down to the finish. Afterwards she tweeted: “Well that hurt… had a nice lead the whole way down but caught my inside ski. That’s ski racing though! I’ll be sore tomorrow but will rest up tonight and barring anything major I will be racing. Can’t keep me down.” Austrian Cornelia Huetter won the race in one minute 48.53 seconds with Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein second and slalom specialist Shiffrin third, three tenths of a second behind. READ: A quick guide to Lake Louise READ: World Cup skiing: Vonn eases into season READ: Are ski fans the craziest in sport? Vonn, the 2010 Olympic downhill champion, is trying to make history this season as she chases Ingemar Stenmark’s all-time record of 86 World Cup wins. She already holds the women’s record with 77. The American has won 14 downhills and four super-G races at Lake Louise and will race again in Saturday’s second downhill. She will also compete in a super-G Sunday. READ: How Vonn mixes style with speed READ: Vonn determined to race against the men in Lake Louise ‘Best comeback’ Vonn was mirroring to some extent the return to full fitness this week of former boyfriend Tiger Woods after starting last season late following a broken arm and nerve damage in her hand, which hampered her remaining races. In her first race this season, a giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, Vonn didn’t qualify for the second run. For Huetter it was her first downhill victory in her first race back since injuring a knee in a training crash last December. “It’s unbelievable,” Huetter said. “It’s the best comeback I’ve ever dreamed about.” “I’m still not sure what my expectations are in downhill and today was an amazing day,” said Shiffrin, the World Cup overall champion. “I’ve definitely made a lot of progress in my downhill. Super-G comes a little bit more naturally because there’s a little bit more turning. Downhill, I’m always surprised at how much time there is to make the turns. That’s something I’ve worked on a lot, being a little more patient.” Maiden win On the men’s circuit, Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal triumphed in the Beaver Creek downhill after missing most of last season following knee surgery. Visit CNN.com/sport for more news and videos Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud, who won the season-opening super-G in Lake Louise last week, was second with Hannes Reichelt third. The men will race a giant slalom Sunday, but Svindal will not take part. “My knee obviously works because I can race but it doesn’t work perfectly,” he said. “So I’ve had to make some tough decisions in training because I can only ski a certain amount a day.”

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Vonn crashes as Shiffrin scores first downhill podium in Lake Louise