Vonn's achievement meant she surpassed Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell, who aswell ahead captivated the almanac of women's all-embracing wins (62).
The achievement was Vonn's 74th on the Apple Cup circuit, binding her anytime afterpiece to Swedish fable Ingemar Stenmark's almanac of 86 Apple Cup victories.
The 31-year-old American, Olympic decline gold champ in 2010 and apple best in 2009, clocked 1min 37.01sec down the 2.6km-long Olympia delle Tofane advance in clear, algid conditions.
It larboard Vonn with a absolute four from four in downhills captivated this season, accepting already won alert in basin Louise and aswell in the Austrian resort of Altenmarkt.
Canada's Larisa Yurkiw got abutting to Vonn finishing 0.28sec off the pace, with Swiss Lara Gut commutual the podium, at 0.67sec.
Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather was fourth, at 1.01sec.
"It’s consistently catchy with these altitude — the wind was traveling aback and forth. Some humans got headwind; some humans got tailwind. I’m just absolutely blessed to appear abroad with addition win and addition record," Vonn said.
"It’s an alfresco sport. You can’t ascendancy the conditions. But thankfully I was able to affected it and appear abroad with addition record.
"I’m aggravating not to anticipate about it too abundant because contrarily I’ll get distracted, but tomorrow is addition chase and hopefully addition adventitious to win."
Gut retained the all-embracing advance in Apple Cup standings, with 810 credibility compared to Vonn's 800, but the Swiss racer will afresh appear beneath burden on Sunday as the American aims for a double, with a super-G appointed for 1030 GMT.
Certainly the Italian resort has been one of Vonn's favourite hunting grounds, her decline win on Saturday appreciably was her 10th in Cortina during her career, additional alone to Basin Louise for her success.
"I adulation Cortina. It’s the abode I got my aboriginal podium," she said.
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