Lindsey Vonn wins the super-G, breaks world record

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With Monday's super-G win in Italy, the American skier now holds the all-time record for women's World Cup victories, a staggering 63. Vonn finished the Olympia dell Tofane course in 1:27:03, beating the second-place skier by 0.85 seconds.

Two knee injuries had kept the 30-year-old skier out of last year's Sochi Olympics. Vonn plans to compete through the 2018 winter games in South Korea.

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Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.