VAL D'ISERE, France (AP) — Lindsey Vonn heads to Aspen for the holidays happy with another good result Sunday, standing on the podium for a fourth time in five World Cup races to complete an impressive first act of her Olympic season at age 41.

Vonn was third in a super-G won by Sofia Goggia, who finally got a deserved first win this season one day after tears flowed when she wasted a fast start in a downhill and finished eighth.

“I really felt a lot of pain in my heart for the (chance) I threw away,” Goggia said, revealing she had cried for an hour at her hotel Saturday.

The two former Olympic downhill champions — and biggest personalities in women's speed races — were split on a high-class podium Sunday by runner-up Alice Robinson, who is already a two-time winner this season on the World Cup circuit.

Goggia finished 0.15 seconds ahead of Robinson, who started before strong gusts delayed the race for 10 minutes.

High speed Vonn

Vonn then hit a high speed of 115 kph (71 mph) but the ideal racing line was elusive and she finished 0.36 behind Goggia.

“I was happy with my skiing today," Vonn told Swiss broadcaster RSI. “Sofia put an amazing run together and I knew it was going to be hard to beat her.”

Vonn’s second consecutive podium finish — after an impressive third in Saturday’s downhill — was the 142nd of her storied World Cup career. It resumed exactly one year ago after a five-season retirement to target the Milan Cortina Olympics that start on Feb. 6.

Vonn’s intense start to her World Cup season now reads one win, four podiums and a fourth place in five races across 10 days.

“I can’t be too upset with that,” the United States star said smiling. “Last year was really up and down and I had some pretty low points, nothing was really working.

"This year it’s working. I’m making mistakes and I’m still on the podium and that’s a totally different ballgame than where I was last year.”

Speed races pause

Vonn now takes a three-week break from racing until a Jan. 10 downhill at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in Austria.

“I’m going to go to Aspen with my sister,” Vonn said of her travel plans. “Have some time off, hit the gym, recharge and then I’ll come back over here (to Europe) for training.”

Both Vonn and Goggia had looked pensive in the finish area knowing their times could have been faster before sharing a hug.

“I thought (my time) wouldn’t have lasted for the victory, maybe not even for the podium,” Goggia said later. “I’m glad I was wrong.”

Goggia's relief

Goggia had an extra moment of anxiety sitting in the leader’s box when unheralded No. 27 starter Camille Cerutti carried the fastest time though the third of five time splits. Cerutti, who turns 27 Monday, eventually posted a career-best fifth place nearly a half-second behind Vonn.

The 33-year-old Italian’s 27th career World Cup win was her eighth in super-G.

Goggia has skied fast this season but her best results had been a pair of third places at St. Moritz, in downhill and a super-G won by Robinson in a tight race last Sunday where Vonn was fourth.

Vonn's downhill win at St. Moritz last weekend was her 83rd in World Cup racing that started for her in November 2000, before the 24-year-old Robinson was born.

Robinson earned 80 World Cup points for her second place Sunday, and closed the gap in the overall standings to 74 behind Mikaela Shiffrin, who rarely starts in super-G.

Shiffrin's pursuit of a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title should resume next weekend in Austria, where a giant slalom and slalom are scheduled at Semmering. Austrian downhill great Annemarie Moser-Pröll won six overall titles in the 1970s and Vonn has four.

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