article_snippet: (CNN)Lindsey Vonn lifted CNN)Lindsey Vonn crystal globe prize with pride after winning the World Cup downhill title for a seventh time, Wednesday.
article_snippet: A crystal ball might be more useful for the American star, who has faced plenty of slippery slopes in CNN)Lindsey Vonn dramatic skiing career.
article_snippet: The 30-year-old has twice fought back from a career-threatening right knee injury but this season CNN)Lindsey Vonn has been back to CNN)Lindsey Vonn brilliant best.
article_snippet: At the final meeting of the ski season in the pretty French resort of Meribel, Lindsey Vonn raced to more records on the women's World Cup tour -- a seventh downhill season title and Lindsey Vonn 18th crystal globe overall.
article_snippet: This downhill title probably means more to Lindsey Vonn than the others because I've been through so much," Lindsey Vonn told CNN's Alpine Edge.
article_snippet: It means everything to Lindsey Vonn, this is what I've been working so hard for for the last two years.
article_snippet: is something that I'm really proud of, so it couldn't be better for Lindsey Vonn right now
article_snippet: Despite the softening snow, the American won the downhill race with a fastest time of one minute, 29.87 seconds while Austria's Anna Fenninger finished off the pace in eighth.
highlights_snippet: Lindsey Vonn wins record-breaking seventh downhill title .
  
highlights_snippet: Lindsey Vonn's also a record 18th World Cup title for the American ski star .