THIS IS WHERE she figured it out. Twenty-one years ago, Lindsey Vonn, then 19, earned her first of 137 World Cup podiums in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and started to believe she could win.

In 2015, Lindsey Vonn achieved the most World Cup wins among women, her 63 surpassing Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who previously held the title for 35 years. By 2018, Vonn had the second-most ...