SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Lindsey Vonn finished 15th in the downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday, 1.96 seconds behind American teammate Breezy Johnson who took the gold medal. The 40-year-old Vonn recently returned to competition with a new titanium knee after nearly six years of retirement.

Vonn returned to the skiing circuit in December at the age of 40 and she wasn’t initially planning on racing at the worlds. But she’s made so much progress that she’s going to enter the super-G on Thursday, the downhill on Saturday and the team combined event next week.

Lindsey Vonn has completed pre-race inspection and is planning on competing in the super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships despite feeling sick with “a cold or the flu.”